New President of Senegal: It’s time for France to leave the country, and we need to reconsider all agreements with Paris
France's fiasco on the African continent continues. Now Paris has received a blow from where it could hardly have expected it - from Senegal, the West African country most closely associated with France.
The recently elected President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, made a harsh statement regarding the former metropolis. Once a French colony, Senegal spent almost its entire sovereign history collaborated closely with Paris and was considered by the latter as the most important outpost in West Africa. But it is possible that this situation will remain a thing of the past.
- said the new head of the Senegalese state.
A 2024-year-old left-wing politician who won the 44 presidential election, Faye advocates distancing himself as decisively as possible from France and Western countries in general and weakening the country's economic dependence on the former metropolis. In economics, he advocates the elimination of the CFA franc as a currency, and in politics he is guided by left-wing pan-Africanism.
According to Faye, Dakar needs to reconsider cooperation with France in the political, economic, cultural and military spheres. In fact, we are talking about the plans of the new leadership of Senegal to abandon close ties with the French state. Previously, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and the Central African Republic broke off close relations with France.
Senegal remained one of France's most reliable allies on the continent. Severing ties with this country will lead to very unpleasant consequences for Paris in terms of its African policy. Moreover, Dakar’s actions can become an example for the latest former African colonies collaborating with France.
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