African Trap for Emmanuel Macron
Abstract
The article is devoted to clarifying the reasons for France’s increasing military presence in the countries of Tropical Africa. The history of African policy of the Fifth Republic is viewed in the context of the energy crisis, which is caused by the depletion of uranium ore reserves in France. The specifics of the power system of the French Republic are disproportionately high share (about 75%) of electricity generated at nuclear power plants. This circumstance determines the dependence of the former metropolis on the purchase of uranium ore in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, which were in the past colonies of the French empire. By the point of view of the author, France can retain its exclusive rights to purchase Sahel uranium at dumping prices only by increasing its military presence in the Sahel zone and in Central Africa, in an increasingly competitive climate for African mineral resources. The author substantiates the conclusion that President E. Macron is faced with an almost intractable problem: the higher the cost of military operations, the more expensive African uranium for French nuclear power plants, and thereafter the less sense in conducting an expensive military campaign on the Black Continent.
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