This study strives to analyze the impact of the notion of border in the political implementation of the French-speaking countries project. The study proceeds in three phases. It observes first how the specific rhetoric of the political speech pronounced in the official assembly of the OIF (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie) testifies through the effects of inclusion and exclusion, diverse views of the French-speaking project. Then, the study tries to demonstrate how the definition of the French-speaking project is torn between the respect for national borders and a temptation of a universalism strongly infused by mythology. The myth of Babel can be used here to observe a cultural field in which is built the modern approach of the French-speaking countries project. The study finally observes that the specific status of the French language is a carrier for modernity, but to propose a viable way, the French-speaking countries project has to explore new territories, by giving up inward-looking and old fashioned ideologies.