Fleur Pellerin, the new Great Witness of the Francophonie at the Olympic Games, is currently carrying out her first mission to South Korea, host country of the Winter Games in 2018, since her appointment on January 18. The former Minister of Culture presented the vision of her mission on Monday March 13, at the French residence in Seoul. “What interests me is that it is not only a question of controlling, of verifying the correct use of French within the framework of the Olympic Games, but also of proposing cultural actions, of university cooperation, in the field of the debate of ideas, in scientific matters, as well as events to promote cultural diversity on the sidelines of the Olympics, told Fleur Pellerin the Yonhap agency. I am also responsible for writing a report at the end of the Games. […] What is particularly interesting for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics is that they will be extended by Olympics which will take place in Japan (2020 Summer Olympics) and then in China (2022 Winter Olympics). ). There will therefore be three successive Olympics in Asia. Therefore, the lessons that we will learn from the PyeongChang Olympics will probably also be useful to the organizers of the following Olympics. » Fleur Pellerin took advantage of her visit to the South Korean capital to sign an agreement with the organizing committee of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games on the use and promotion of the French language.
