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Emmanuel Macron Wants French Electronic Music to Receive UNESCO World Heritage Status

  • On June 23, 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron advocated for French electronic music, known as French Touch, to receive recognition by being included in UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
  • Macron's appeal followed Berlin techno securing UNESCO intangible heritage status in 2023 and its formal categorization in Germany in March 2024.
  • He compared French Touch's cultural significance to Berlin techno and referenced France’s previous UNESCO additions like the baguette in 2022 and Alpine mountain climbing.
  • Macron stated, "We are the inventors of electro," while acknowledging this label is contentious due to early 1980s American producers and stressed copyright and AI transparency.
  • Macron’s advocacy reinforces French electronic music's cultural value alongside prior recognitions, but UNESCO’s final decision on French Touch remains pending.
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French President Emmanuel Macron wants Daft Punk and the other artists of the French House to be protected as Unesco's World Heritage Site. Please don't. The museum is already full.

·Germany
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Daft Punk formed it, Macron celebrates it – now French House is to be included in the World Heritage List. France declares the electronic sound of the 1990s a cultural mission.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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The genre would thus become German techno and Jamaican reggae.Emmanuel Macron explained that he wanted French house music or French House to be included in the list of UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage. He announced this on the occasion of the Fête De La Musique – an international festival at which musicians, choirs and DJs will perform free of charge in various locations worldwide on 21 June. In an interview with...

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Irish Independent broke the news in Ireland on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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