‘Total lack of respect’: French President Macron hushes crowd at Africa summit

Odd way to phrase the headline, makes it ambiguous whether this is an observer's opinion of Macron hushing the crowd, or a direct quote from him : >Macron, who was not on stage at the time, took the microphone and addressed the crowd during the Africa Forward summit in Kenya’s capital after noise from attendees disrupted a speaker > >“I’m sorry guys, but it’s impossible to speak about culture, to have people like that, super inspired, coming here, making a speech with such a noise,” Macron said. **“This is a total lack of respect.”** > >Macron then suggested people leave the room if they wanted to hold side conversations.

>French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted a speaker at a summit in Nairobi on Monday to call for silence from audience members he said were being disrespectful during presentations. >Macron, who was not on stage at the time, took the microphone and addressed the crowd during the Africa Forward summit in Kenya’s capital after noise from attendees disrupted a speaker. His reprimand met with subdued applause, including from the speaker he interrupted. I watched the video thinking it might be a "Quiet, piggie!" moment but no. The Africa Forward Summit was organized by France so I guess Macron had some standing in setting the tone.

absolutely warranted. Also, this is common. And this is a good opportunity to call attention to the identity of this fundamental challenge in the international development space. truth is on the ground in places like Addis Ababa or Nairobi or Accra etc. the international conference space is absolutely saturated. This is a real challenge to get participants to pay attention. On any given week in developing country ministries, a significant portion of senior leadership is not there, rather they are off at international events . needs a rethink.

To be clear, the headline's quote "Total lack of respect" was said BY Macron, not ABOUT Macron. Getting really sick of deliberately vague, clickbaity headlines designed to confuse and provoke anger from readers who stop reading after the headline, rather than just having a clear and precise headline which accurately reports what the actual truth of the matter is. The comment was reported to be directed at disruptive audience members for being too loud, and Macron's comment apparently even drew applause from some members including the active speaker he interrupted to do this.

Hell yeah. F*** chompers. Can I hire Macron to go to some concerts with me?

People really don’t know how to behave any longer, and it’s even worse in the US. People go to town halls, yell questions at officials, then yell when try even try to respond. That’s even if we get to that stage, with others yelling during other’s questions. I fully support people protesting, but damn conversations and discussions are even better. Let all of the innocent people there trying to get information get it.

WoW. Like a school teacher 😄

Hey heyhey

Clickbait titles means I’m blocking you.

This would have been a lot more badass if he said it with shades on.

Ah he can’t do that. Thats colonial attitude right there.

Was this the Kevin Hart Roast everyone's talking about? Relax Macron, it's a roast. It's supposed to be like that.