French President Emmanuel Macron has defended the planned increase in tuition fees for non-European Union students, particularly those from Africa, at French public universities. Speaking in an interview marking the close of the Africa Forward Summit on May 12 in Nairobi, he argued that French taxpayers should not have to «pay for the education of all the students in the world, wherever they come from».
France has decided to end a privilege previously granted to Algerian officials and diplomats, who will now be required to go through the standard visa process to enter French territory.