00:00Well, it's now official. Anne-Claire Legendre is the new president of the Arab World Institute here in Paris.
00:07She's very much an expert of the region. She comes straight from the Elysee Palace, where she was counselling Emmanuel
00:12Macron for the MENA region.
00:14She's a diplomat, a career diplomat. She was an ambassador to Kuwait and also a consul in New York.
00:21And she is taking the reins of an institution that needs much reform.
00:25This is how this decision has been presented, that this is very much a new page.
00:30It is an institution that is facing financial problems, that also politically needs to see its position and role redefined
00:38in the face of competition from other similar institutions here in Paris.
00:44Of course, this nomination comes a day after the Arab World Institute behind me was raided by police yesterday.
00:51And indeed, Jack Long, the former president for 13 years, was forced to step down in the wake of the
00:59Epstein file revelations by the Department of Justice.
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