The complete withdrawal of France from Niger is a challenge for Germany

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoting the German newspaper “Tags Shaw”, for a while It is that a “strategic partner” of France turns into a stubborn opponent. When the presidential guard took power in Niger at the end of July, pro-regime demonstrators burned French flags in the streets and waved Russian flags instead.

For a long time, protesters They camped in front of the French military base on the outskirts of the city – right next to the German base – to emphasize the publicly formulated expulsion of French forces by the new rulers. Amadou Abdramane, the officer and spokesperson of Niger’s military government, said shortly after the coup: The National Council for the Protection of the Homeland has decided to end all security and defense cooperation with this government.

Niger’s military government has since The day he came to power, he aroused anti-French sentiments in this country. From then on, this government acted as a liberator from the possible constraints of the former colonial power.

Although the Germans did not face such open hostility from Niger, the fact that the new government of Niger canceled important security and immigration agreements with the European Union, raising the alarm for the German federal government. However, in the week before Christmas, Boris Pistorius, the German defense minister, His presidency traveled to Niger – to explore the prospect of a cautious rapprochement with the military rulers. The Social Democratic Party politician then said: “I firmly believe that it is always better to stay in dialogue with each other.” to maintain their military presence in this country during its approach to Russia. Niger’s new defense minister has said: From now on, the deployment of foreign forces in Niger will always depend on the consent of the people of this country.

But as far as the future of French forces is concerned, almost everything is clear: While there were still rumors in the first days and weeks after the coup in Niger that the French might intervene militarily, the country’s soldiers eventually resigned themselves to their fate and France is now leaving the country. /p>

However, the retreat of the French, both militarily and politically, makes it difficult for the Germans. This is considered negligence. On the other hand, the Germans do not want to alienate their important partner, France. It is important to develop a new and common coastal strategy at EU level. Without Paris, this will hardly be possible. Interactions with Iran