In his editorial for this Thursday, February 3, Jérôme Béglé, managing director of the Journal du Dimanche, looks at the diplomatic crisis between France and Mali.
Relations between France and Mali are turning to diplomatic confrontation and even thinly veiled threats. Yet at the beginning of 2013 our soldiers were acclaimed by the population and had been called up by the government of the time. How did we get here ?
Is the withdrawal of the tricolor contingent of the Barkhane force inevitable and will it signal the end of the UN mission aimed at protecting the country from the expansionism of Islamic militias?
Is this major crisis between France and Mali the pebble in Emmanuel Macron’s shoe, the ultimate hitch he didn’t see coming?