Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day tour in the Gulf on Monday, October 19, despite a domestic crisis marked by a weekend of violence and protests related to the cost of living, reported RFI.
The French president is scheduled to visit four countries: Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar. This tour takes place in a tense context, with Emmanuel Macron linking French social demands to the situation in the Middle East during his address on Sunday, October 18.
The main objective of this visit is twofold: to help stabilize a strategic region of the Middle East and to protect France’s energy and strategic interests, particularly in the oil sector.
This initiative comes as Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term is already described as chaotic, and the domestic situation in France is weakened by growing social tensions.