Let Tunisia build a democracy, free from French interference
Tunisians have burned the French flag in the streets of Tunis for the first time since Tunisia won independence from France in 1956. Last week, in Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the scene of the 14 January revolution, people stood metres from the French embassy shouting "Degage!" (Get out!) – but this time it was not directed at former president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, but at France.
During the uprising of 2010, Michèle Alliot-Marie, former foreign minister in Sarkozy's government, demanded that France provide assistance to Ben Ali to suppress the demonstrations against him. Under its new Socialist president François Hollande, France does not appear to have learned from Alliot-Marie's mistakes.… Seguir leyendo »