18th May Paris summit ... Macron's plan to (...) exploit its former colonies — Fadhel Kaboub

It is very clear that France continues to subject its former colonies to a relationship of economic dependence via an extractive model that was enshrined during the colonial period and further strengthened in the postcolonial era. The engine of neocolonial extraction has been halted by the COVID19 pandemic, and Mr. Macron wants to make sure that the engine is reignited rather than replaced by a new engine of resilience and economic and monetary sovereignty.

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18th May Paris summit ... Macron's plan to (...) exploit its former colonies

Fadhel Kaboub | Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University (Ohio) and President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity