The 24-year-old striker, who completed his move to St James' Park on Wednesday, has represented his country at Under-21 level, but is determined to follow Moussa Sissoko and Remy Cabella into Didier Deschamps' senior squad.
Emmanuel Riviere: "For that too, I signed here. I want to get into the France team.
"I want to adapt quickly to the Premier League because the Premier League is not Ligue 1. Ligue 1 is different.
"I want to work hard to adapt fast to the Premier League and play at Newcastle.
"When Newcastle phoned me, I said yes directly because Newcastle is a big club with many fans, with a big manager. I said yes directly.
"It was an easy decision, I made my choice quickly.
"Sissoko was in Brazil. No, I didn't speak to him because he was at the World Cup and I didn't want to disturb him because he was concentrating on that.
"But I asked people about Newcastle and everybody told me it's a good club."