Francophile vassals, neo-colonialist recyclers in Tunisia

After the Second World War, the Francophonie aimed to compete with the American, German, Japanese, Canadian and Chinese economies by monopolizing the plundering of the economies of its former colonies. Bourguiba, like Senghor and Dior, naively believed that he could develop his country thanks to the contributions of La Francophonie, and so he allowed the French to plunder Tunisia's natural wealth and human capital.Jacob Rothschild, an English baron and banker, said: "All we need to do is get one of their top officials on our side to facilitate the plundering and transfer of their assets to our banks, which will be returned to them in the form of loans to solve their problems. We'll make a profit without capital, just with the interest we charge on our credits, i.e. on their looted assets deposited in our banks. Indeed, since independence, the role of the supposedly emotionally Francophile elite, the Spaihis, has been catastrophic, since it favors the interests of a France that is still imperialist and itself in difficulty.Are we close to a new "Neo-colonial Treaty of Guarantee"?

SARRAJ Jamel Ben Hechemi è docente, esperto del Consiglio d'Europa (Progetto ILMA), ricercatore del DILTEC, Université la Sorbonne nouvelle Paris 3 e autore di numerosi studi accademici e ricerche.