By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In recent years, France has been ousted from Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, its soldiers expelled, and bases closed. But now France begins to reactivate the separatist and jihadist terrorist organizations that it itself created, trained and financed in the region. The spread of terrorist groups, particularly in the Sahel region of Africa, began in 2011 ...
By Kıvanç Özdal The Rassemblement National received 31.4% of the votes in France in the last European Parliament election, while Macron’s Renaissance party gained only 15.2 percent. After the results, Macron announced the decision of dissolving of the National Assembly. New elections will be held on June 30. So French politics is now open to new, and maybe surprising, developments. ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen Ever since French President Emmanuel Macron started to engage in warmongering against Russia, one of the former French presidents, the social democrat François Hollande, has re-emerged on the scene. After reading an article by journalist Danielle Bleitrach on reseauinternational.net titled “Hollande, one of the funniest and undoubtedly despicable French presidents, gives advice (to Macron)”, I decided ...
During the week two great friends and brothers left us, Alexis Texier, Chilean, a fellow fighter in those fateful days of frontal combat against the civil-military dictatorship commanded by Pinochet. Likewise, Roberto Cirilo Perdía, a Montonero leader who helped me take the first steps in clandestine life in those intense 70s and 80s of the last century, passed away to ...
By Odile Mojon, Paris, France After rumors of a possible “sharing” of France’s nuclear strike force, Emmanuel Macron spoke at a conference on February 26 about the possibility of sending French troops (or troops from other European Union countries) to Ukraine. This statement, which provoked strong protests, was made in front of the 27 heads of state and government and ...
Political Scientist and UWI expert Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements about Türkiye and Russia in Russia Today broadcast. French President Macron, “Who wants Türkiye to be the only power in the world that talks to Russia?” made a statement. Right after, he made statements targeting Türkiye during his visit to Algeria. Russia Today asked UWI expert ...
Since Russia’s military operation in Ukraine launched on February 24, militarization in Europe has accelerated. Two countries are leading the way: Germany and France. French President Emmanuel Macron’s declaration on June 13 that France and Europe have entered a state of “war economy” can be seen as the naming of this process. Macron’s plan of a ‘self-sufficient’ and ‘powerful’ military ...
By Ali Riza Tasdelen The French presidential election is only three weeks away. The first round of the elections will be held on April 10th 2022. If any candidate fails to win an outright majority in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes will compete in the second round on April 24th. To participate in the elections, ...
The French capital and enterprises feel discomfort of the sanctions imposed by the US against Russia. Total, Donone, Auchan, Leroy, Merlin and other companies are dragging feet to in retreating from the Russian market despite US insistence. Renault has declared to stop operations in Russia in a last minute decision. Pro-Atlantic forces in France meanwhile continue their pressures and even ...
“In the wake of the economic crisis in France, anti-US (the accepted center of the neoliberal order) and anti-NATO policies and perspectives are on the rise.” United World International expert Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated the upcoming Presidential elections to be held in France in conversation with Sputniknews. Below, we present the interview as published by Sputniknews, the original text can ...