Last week president Emmanuel Macron hosted two prestigious figures to France and one proved more problematical than the other.
King Charles’s State visit was a success, the perfect mix of pomp and ceremony and casual walkabouts. The British monarchy avoided controversy when he addressed the French senate, merely referring to the “existential challenge" of climate change. His Royal Highness was given a prolonged standing ovation by the Senate.
As the King departed France, there arrived another guest in the form of Pope Francis, the keynote speaker at the third annual Rencontres méditerranéennes event. Bringing together clerical representatives from seventy countries, the purpose of the event is examine and discuss the challenges facing the Mediterranean region.
