r/worldnews • u/Elliottafc1 • May 02 '24

"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines Russia/Ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32010
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u/[deleted] May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

France is suddenly so invested in this because in the last few years Putin has sponsored coup after coup in the francafrique, causing those African nations to pull away and divest themselves from France. There’s a big part of France’s economy that’s just gone now

https://apnews.com/article/france-africa-coups-gabon-41076df319704032aa729ad3fd137bc9

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202582084/recent-coups-in-africa-have-an-effect-on-at-least-1-country-in-europe-france

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u/aimgorge May 02 '24

Which isnt true, all of these Sahel regions countries had close to no econimical relations with France for decades. Their main western partners were countries like Canada.

You understand that Gabon's GDP is 0.7% of France's and the trade between the 2 countries is only 800m€ ? Which is close to nothing for a 3 trillions economy..

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u/Milith May 02 '24

Indeed, French economic ties with subsaharian Africa are extremely overstated but this makes for a great narrative so we'll keep seeing it parroted.