AFPFacing sliding approval ratings at home, Emmanuel Macron will lay out his foreign policy vision this week after a dynamic start on the international stage that has yet to produce results. Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, won power in May determined to restore what he saw as the country's declining international prestige under former Socialist president Francois Hollande. EU reformMacron's plans for the 28-member European Union are likely to be at the heart of his speech on Tuesday. Thomas Gomart, director of the French Institute for International Relations, said that the Franco-German alliance was important, but that Macron needed to take into account others. Syria and RussiaMacron is also expected to confirm his policy on Syria and its President Bashar al-Assad in his speech on Tuesday.

Source: The Local August 28, 2017 08:03 UTC