He ran as the candidate with a platform of 'rupture,' championing greater sovereignty for his homeland -- including by leaving the CFA West African Franc currency union, created by France nearly a century ago.
Paris — He ran as the candidate with a platform of"rupture," championing greater sovereignty for his homeland -- including by leaving the CFA West African Franc currency union, created by France nearly a century ago.
Or -- as critics suggest -- does it underscore, yet again, that France's ties with its former colonies must be rethought and reset -- a process, some add, which is already well under way? "We need to win more from it," Faye told France-Info radio in a recent interview, adding,"We've already said this for years, but we were unfortunately not listened to."
Until recently, too, France was Senegal's leading economic partner, and Macron forged a good relationship with Faye's predecessor, Macky Sall. Not everyone is bashing France, however. In Paris, Senegalese trader Mamadou, who sells berets and Eiffel Tower keychains to tourists, is happy with the status quo."We have a stable relationship," said Mamadou of the two countries."Our ties go back a long way.
"It's easy to have a speech about Senegal's 'sovereignty,' but it is difficult to take measures against a French presence that isn't what it was at independence," Denis Castaing, former head of France's development agency in Senegal, wrote in France's Opinion.fr website.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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