French President Emmanuel Macron | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Image Angry reaction to Emmanuel Macron’s remark that Africa has a ‘civilizational’ problem The French President was discussing aid programs for the continent.

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a social media backlash for talking about Africa having a "civilizational" problem and women having "seven or eight children."

The remarks were made at the G20 summit on Saturday, when a reporter from the Ivory Coast asked the French president why there was no Marshall Plan for Africa.

"The Marshall Plan was a reconstruction plan [...] The challenge of Africa is totally different and a lot more profound, it's civilizational today," said Macron, adding that "we need to develop policies that are a lot more sophisticated than the Marshall Plan."

[VIDÉO] Au G20, interrogé sur l'#Afrique, Emmanuel #Macron se lâche sur les «7 à 8 enfants» des Africaines. Un problème «civilisationnel». pic.twitter.com/pJgdaeuuoz — Politis (@Politis_fr) July 10, 2017

The clip has provoked an angry reaction on social media with people accusing Macron of racism and of perpetuating stereotypes about the continent.

Macron: My jupiterian thoughts are too complex for you simple people to understand Also Macron: Africa is dumb & pops out too many babies — Shafik Mandhai (@ShafikFM) July 10, 2017

Uh oh... golden boy Macron said some really dumb things about Africa and now the honeymoon is over. — Milena Rodban (@MilenaRodban) July 10, 2017

Macron: "Africa has a civilizational problem"

Me: "The legacy of colonization, slavery, & imperialism?"

Macron: "No, women having 7 kids" — Starrcade Barricade (@marxismflairism) July 10, 2017

But many social media commentators missed the broader context of Macron's comments: the widely-circulated clip did not show Macron's full answer. In his three-minute discussion of the topic, Macron laid out the differences between a postwar reconstruction program such as the Marshall plan and modern country-level and regional-specific approaches to development. Macron called for the creation of partnerships as he pointed to challenges like trafficking, corruption, weak states, and the demographic transition. Here is the full answer.