NShortly after German Chancellor Angela Merkel became President of France Emmanuel Macron On Afghanistan, his tone is completely different. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the efforts of the past few years now seem “futility”. On the other hand, Macron praised the work of the French army in the Hindu Kush: “Our struggle is fair. He is the army’s credit.”
The goal is not to impose democracy on a sovereign country. “Our clear goal is to combat the threat of terrorism.” The French are particularly grateful to the Americans. Military action.
Initiatives against the uncontrolled movement of refugees
Macron’s speech at the President’s summer residence on the French Riviera focused on the future. In August 2020, he accepted the Prime Minister at the Bregançon Fortress, which highlights the Mediterranean Sea.Now he is on the phone with her and agrees that she and other Europeans will take the initiative to help I To prevent the uncontrolled flow of refugees from Afghanistan.
Macron served as an adviser to the president at the time Francois Hollande Witness how the refugee crisis in 2015 poisoned relations between EU countries. Therefore, he agreed with the Federal Chancellor to establish uniform admission criteria. In recent months, there have been significant differences in the assessment of asylum applications and protection status between Germany and France.
France has brought about 800 local Afghan workers and their families to the country to protect them from retaliation Taliban Protection, as Macron emphasized in his speech. Since Monday night, two French military transport vehicles and French elite soldiers of the special forces have been waiting at the French base in Abu Dhabi to land in Kabul and pick up other threatened Afghan aid workers and the last remaining French. The French ambassador to Afghanistan, David Martinon, is coordinating the evacuation directly from the military airport. The EU representatives are protected by French soldiers in Kabul, as are their Afghan staff.
Another “safe haven” for terrorists?
Macron emphasized in his speech that the development of Afghanistan is a “turning point.” The task of the international community now is to prevent the country from becoming a “safe haven” for terrorists under Taliban rule again. In a conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he agreed to put forward a British-French initiative in the UN Security Council. Its main goal is to participate more closely in American planning. Macron’s main concern is that the United States may continue to withdraw from the trouble spots of the world.
He is more afraid of the new American isolationism than imperialism, because he knows that without the United States, the fight against terrorism in the Sahel cannot continue. However, eight months before the presidential election, Macron mainly targeted domestic audiences who were increasingly skeptical of overseas military deployments. This is why it is so important for the French to defend the honor of soldiers who risked their lives in the Hindu Kush.
However, France has always played a special role. If President Jacques Chirac was one of the first to send troops in October 2001, then he withdrew from the special forces at the end of 2006. In 2011, President Sarkozy announced the gradual withdrawal of troops. As Macron emphasized, at the end of 2014, the French army “coordinated with the Afghan government” ended its mission in Afghanistan.
