How France is losing influence across North Africa

Francis Ghilès, Associate Senior Researcher at CIDOB, reflects on the causes weakening French influence in the Maghreb in this article for the Middle East Eye: “Russian President Vladimir Putin can look back at 2021 satisfied in the knowledge that Moscow has further strengthened its hand in the Middle East and northwestern Africa. French President Emmanuel Macron, for his part, can only conclude that Paris is losing influence across the latter region, mostly in countries that were former colonies.

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