Question 15186 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Didier Parakian draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the political situation in Senegal. While the presidential campaign was due to begin on Sunday February 4, 2024, President Macky Sall's decision to postpone the vote created uncertainty throughout the country. With the opposition calling for a march, a large part of Senegalese youth are in the streets. France follows with a lively pay attention to the situation in Senegal. She calls on the authorities to remove uncertainties around the electoral calendar so that the elections can be held as quickly as possible and in compliance with the rules of Senegalese democracy. France and Senegal maintain a privileged historical relationship. Human exchanges are dense, with a community of more than 22,000 French people in Senegal and a Senegalese diaspora in France estimated at more than 80,000 people. Thus, two thirds of Senegalese students abroad have chosen France where they constitute the first contingent of French-speaking foreigners. France is also the leading investor in Senegal, with more than 88% of the stock of foreign direct investments (FDI) and its leading commercial partner. More than a hundred French companies are established in the country. Although remained a pole of democratic stability since its first alternation in 2000, Senegal was recently prey to violence in March 2021 and June 2023, in the context of electoral rivalry between the president, Mr. Macky Sall and his main opponent, Mr. Ousmane Sonko. L'annonce the postponement of the presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2024 is likely to generate demonstrations and clashes with the police throughout the country. territory. He asks him about the action of France's diplomacy in Senegal to avoid a conflagration in the region.

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