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Mar 4 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
#Global_South: Before leaving for Africa, Macron encouraged French companies to invest in Africa and show "humility". While speaking to the Congolese, Macron made moralizing remarks accusing them of being incapable of running their country. If he continues in the same key,⤵️
the French leader will create more critics of France/the West than friends. The Democratic Republic of Congo condemns French support for Rwanda and calls for sanctions. Macron's lack of sensitivity (tact) explains again why Russian narratives⤵️
are spreading and taking deep root in West Africa. If Western diplomacy doesn't learn humility (and doesn't teach lessons) it doesn't stand a chance in the Global South.
Talking about Russia👇
It will remind again that the EU has to improve its positions in the Global South. Here are some recommendations👇 @eu_eeas @JosepBorrellF
These are the messages sent by Macron before embarking on his trip to Africa. One of his “amendments” was "don't look down on them." Unfortunately, he himself has deviated from his own words. Unnecessary self-harming. 👇

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#Russia_Sanctions: Dutch prosecutors have launched 45 investigations into cases of sanctions evasion in favor of Russia. 29 cases refer to the control of exports and imports and the rest are in the field of financial sanctions. In the case of Belarus alone,⤵️
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#EU_Ukraine: The EU Commission and most of the Member States are reluctant to make promises to Ukraine on the opening date of the accession negotiations. Unlike them, the head of the EU Parliament, Metsola, has nurtured the hope that negotiations will start at the end of 2023.⤵️
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#Moldova: The populist parliamentary opposition party with ties to Russia is planning new protests on March 12. Shor Party leaders warn that the protests will get bigger in size to the fact that 600,000 people will reportedly signed a petition demanding the govt pay the entire⤵️
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#Critical_Technology: The concentration of R&D, academic and technological potential is something to watch closely: 1) China is a leader in many areas; 2) The US and India are closest to China in this race; 3) the EU is falling behind; 4) Russia is not close.⤵️
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#Moldova_Russia: The new audit by state authorities of Moldova of the Russia-controlled gas operator MoldovaGaz for 2011-2021 revealed a number of issues related to previously unknown debts and overvalued assets. Main takeaways: ⤵️
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