Italy's Di Maio repeats attack on French policies in Africa

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Italy's Di Maio repeats attack on French policies in Africa

 

FILE PHOTO: Italian Minister of Labor and Industry Luigi Di Maio speaks at the Italian Business Association Confcommercio meeting in Rome, Italy, June 7, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File photo

 

ROME (Reuters) - Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday reiterated that France's policies in Africa were creating poverty and causing migration, hours after France summoned the Italian ambassador to Paris to protest his assertions.

 

"France is one of those countries that by printing money for 14 African states prevents their economic development and contributes to the fact that the refugees leave and then die in the sea or arrive on our coasts," Di Maio told reporters.

 

Di Maio was referring to the CFA franc -- a currency used in 14 west and central African nations, which is tied to the euro at a fixed exchange rate, with the peg guaranteed by France.

 

Di Maio, who leads the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, said the European Union should "address the question of the decolonisation of Africa", accusing France of still treating a number of African countries as vassal states.

 

(Reporting By Gavin Jones; Editing by Crispian Balmer)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-01-2

[GuestForLife]

It is the pure truth, and it is the reason why many African leaders who have tried to change for the better have been barbarically assassinated. Gheddafi, to cite just one. 

[Prissana Pescud]

Finally an Italian politician with a full grasp of the facts. France is massively contributing to draining the EU funds.

And Africa and some Pacific nations. Time for this corrupt country to exit its colonial mindset.

[mauGR1]

Apparently what he said is considered not PC, but, really, who would have thought of western nations exploiting the resources of the 3rd world..

Sometimes politics shows its blatant hypocrisy.

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, Prissana Pescud said:

Finally an Italian politician with a full grasp of the facts. France is massively contributing to draining the EU funds.

And Africa and some Pacific nations. Time for this corrupt country to exit its colonial mindset.

 

Under Macron the imperialist colonial mindset will get worse not better. He has delusions of Napoleonic grandeur and making France the world power many French think it is.

 

 

[Guest Jerry787]

Finally someone has the balls to tell the true

 

France its not only jeopardizing 15 African country development, but also encourage migrations and terrorism as such " racist colonial law" only make such countries poorer and poorer.

UN, Human Rights organizations, EU, how come no one say nothing ???