French Republican MP Pierre-Henri Dumont denounced his country’s policy to “systematically undermine decades of friendship” with Morocco, an “essential” partner for Paris “both in the Mediterranean Sea and in Africa.”
“Why the policy conducted by France aims to systematically undermine decades of friendship with Morocco,” said Tuesday, the MP to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, during a session of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly.
Dumont questioned, to this effect, the head of diplomacy on the “worst diplomatic crisis” between Paris and Rabat since the 80s, noting that Morocco is “an essential partner [for France] both in the Mediterranean Sea and in Africa.”
“These tensions are not press rumors […]. It is time to engage in de-escalation as soon as possible and it is up to your ministry to act in this direction,” he added. “Do you intend to act to regain a healthy and respectful relationship with Morocco?”
According to him, “there is no smoke without fire. There are factors” that have fueled this crisis. The MP also pointed to the failure of French policy throughout the African continent.
“Republican deputies are particularly concerned about the fiasco of the policy conducted by the President of the Republic and his government in Africa. The recent tour in Africa of the president has, unfortunately, highlighted in a cruel way the results of the policy conducted on the continent for six years,” he noted.
He denounced, in this sense, a “policy made of paternalism, rodomontade, familiarity, blindness and insolence. “Everywhere he goes, President Macron damages our diplomatic relations, weakens the voice of France, and abandons the Francophonie,” said Dumont.
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