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Macron’s Concern Over China’s Presence in Africa Is About Keeping Riches in the West

March 16, 2019 Opinion

When I see Western leaders smiling, shaking hands and offering sage and heartfelt advice on tours of Africa, I just can’t help settling in for the show because you know some top level hypocrisy is jus…

Algeria: The Iceberg That Could Sink Emmanuel Macron

March 11, 2019 Opinion

After surviving several assassination attempts by French partisans of Algérie Française , Charles de Gaulle in March 1962 signed a peace agreement ending French sovereignty over Algeria.&nbs…

The Implications of Macron Implosion

December 28, 2018 Opinion

The “Gilets Jaunes” will not let go. Not even – or especially not – after Macron‘s half-hearted, rather cynical and grandstanding concessions – of “too little and too late” – which when analyzed const…

The Macron Implosion – Will it Spread to Other EU Members?

December 12, 2018 Opinion

The Yellow Vest Movement – weekend 8 and 9 December – Round 4. Some say, they are the worst riots in France since the student-driven mini-Revolution of May 1968. Over the four weekends, hundreds of th…

The French People Feel Screwed

December 12, 2018 Opinion

On December 4, French Prime Minister Édouard Phillipe told deputies of the ruling party, “La République en Marche”, that a proposed fuel tax rise, which had led to the largest protests France has seen…

Macron’s European Army has Arrived. It Goes by the Name Gilets Jaunes

December 11, 2018 Opinion

Anyone who’s ever tasted teargas will attest how unpleasant it is. I tasted it in Paris on Saturday 8 December as the city turned into a war zone. This being said, the lack of a concrete political pro…

French Lessons

December 10, 2018 Opinion

French people are standing up for their rights and speaking out for many others around the world who are sick at the injustice of capitalism. None more so than people of Western states who have had to…

Macron Heralds the End of the Union

December 9, 2018 Opinion

The concept of the EU might have worked, but still only might have, if a neverending economic boom could have been manufactured to guide it on its way. But there was never going to be such a boom…