The expulsion of all French troops in Niger also marked the end of an era, and the strength and influence of France today can be seen.
But Macron is unwilling to admit this fact, recently Macron is a "winner" posture, calling Putin, claiming that if Putin wants to start a dialogue to establish a lasting peace, take the initiative to contact him, then he will not refuse, Macron also deliberately emphasized that his phone number has not changed, the implication is naturally to let Putin call himself, as if the end of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict depends on his attitude in France.
Not only Macron, but also the French are unwilling to admit the fact of decay, and in line with the principle of "it is better to belittle others than to promote yourself", the recent French media "Le Figaro" also pointed the finger at Russia.
The French media mentioned that the United States is establishing a new military partnership with the Central African Republic to replace the presence of the Russian private mercenary group "Wagner" in the Central African Republic.
In fact, in order to achieve diversified relations, the spokesman of the President of the Central African Republic did say recently that the Central African Republic would choose to cooperate with them as long as it could help them rebuild their future country or power, but the French view is obviously more extreme, and the wrong understanding is that the Central African Republic wants to get rid of "Wagner" and throw itself into the arms of the United States, so as to promote Russia's influence is now "half a pound" with France.
Lejeal, an expert on Franco-African relations, also gave a "basis", saying that the Central African Republic authorities want to give Wagner millions of dollars every month, which is a point of dissatisfaction in the Central African Republic, and "after Prigozhin's death", Wagner's influence in Africa began to decline, so the Central African Republic will begin to look at the United States. The French media also named the American private security company Bancroft Global Development as preparing to take over the job.
It's just that the French "bragging" obviously did not take into account the feelings of the Americans, and in response to the news of the French media, Bancroft refuted the rumors at the speed of light, claiming that there was no such thing at all. The representative of the company stressed that the idea of local and French propaganda in the Central African Republic is absurd, that they have no intention of competing with Moscow's projects in the field of security, and that in fact, there are no personnel of their company in the Central African Republic.
It is not difficult to understand that the US private security group refutes the rumors at the speed of light, even if the United States really has a plan, but it can't be said directly, you know, Wagner is not a soft-footed shrimp like the French garrison, they really dare to fight.
For example, in February last year, the American mercenary "Mozart" group, which threatened to "teach Ukraine to kill Russians", was beaten by Wagner and lost its armor and ran away.
And we know that Wagner's base camp is not in Russia, Africa is Wagner's base camp, Wagner has been mixed in Africa all year round, where bases, property, and connections, Wagner has everything, according to Phoenix TV, shortly after the coup d'état in Niger, the first thing the Nigerien military government found was Wagner, hoping that Wagner would be their "guarantee of power", perhaps it was at this time that the French also entered a state of real gnashing of teeth against Russia and Wagner.
Moreover, the United States is now suffering from two "proxy" wars, and it has long had no energy to care about Wagner, so in this context, if the American private security companies say that they want to replace Wagner, I am afraid that the moment they set foot on the land of Africa, they do not know how they disappeared.
It is no wonder that the Americans did not give face to the French this time and bluntly said that it was "ridiculous", and the French obviously exposed their unwillingness.