France’s Last Gasp: Macron’s Letter Signals Desperation, Not Diplomacy

France’s Last Gasp: Macron’s Letter Signals Desperation, Not Diplomacy

✍️ BY: Dr. Hana Saada

Algiers, Algeria | As the curtain begins to fall on Emmanuel Macron’s increasingly feeble presidency, a pathetic attempt to revive France’s waning geopolitical influence has emerged—cloaked in the hollow rhetoric of confrontation and clothed in a letter of no consequence. Addressed to François Bayrou, himself a figure of political irrelevance, Macron’s missive is less a declaration of policy than a cry of impotence, a lament of a leader presiding over a France that no longer commands respect, listens to reason, or upholds principle.

This act of political theater was leaked through Le Figaro, a relic of the French right-wing press that once harbored the pen of Zemmour and now serves as a mouthpiece for a dying colonial fantasy. In this letter, Macron urges “additional measures” against Algeria—an escalation aligned with the hateful, revisionist agenda of Bruno Retailleau, whose obsession with Algeria borders on the pathological. It is no coincidence that this hardline stance now prevails, crushing the already muted overtures of dialogue once entertained by Barrot, the foreign minister reduced to silence.

A Hollow Republic in Decline

Let there be no illusions: France is no longer the republic of de Gaulle or Mitterrand. It is a fragmented entity, adrift in contradictions, stripped of credibility on the international stage. Its once-commanding voice now rings hollow, a casualty of diplomatic blunders, imperial nostalgia, and an inability to adapt to the realities of a multipolar world.

Algeria, on the contrary, stands as a rising diplomatic force—principled, poised, and unshakably sovereign. Our positions on Palestine and Western Sahara are grounded in international law, justice, and unwavering moral clarity. While France waffles between diplomatic timidity and colonial regression, Algeria projects vision, coherence, and strength.

Clinging to Outdated Fantasies

The French elite, from Macron to Le Pen, Retailleau to Zemmour, still operate under the influence of discredited informants and outdated clichés—men like Kamel Daoud and Xavier Driencourt, who cling to the dying illusions of a bygone era. They speak of Algeria with the arrogance of former masters, blind to the transformation underway. They are trapped in the narrative of the “issaba,” unaware—or unwilling to admit—that the new Algeria has severed the umbilical cord to Paris.

This Algeria no longer sends its elites to shop on the Champs-Élysées, nor does it bend to lectures from a country clinging to a Security Council seat it no longer deserves. Our capital is no longer a satellite of Paris, and our foreign policy is no longer written in French ink.

Macron’s Failure Is France’s Mirror

This latest maneuver is not one of strength but of political and moral bankruptcy. It is the tantrum of a president who has failed to leave a mark, failed to lead his people, and failed to understand that Algeria is no longer France’s backyard—but rather a sovereign nation shaping the future of the Global South.

Macron had a choice: to engage in dialogue, to face history with humility, to build bridges where past wounds fester. He chose instead provocation, manipulation, and disgrace. And for that, history will be unforgiving.

A Memory They Cannot Erase

At the root of this hostility lies a crippling French neurosis: the unresolved colonial memory. The right-wing’s sterile fury is fueled by Algeria’s refusal to forget, to forgive, or to bow. The blood of our martyrs, spilled for independence and dignity, continues to haunt the dreams of a French elite unable to reconcile with their past.

But Algeria does not tremble in the face of such posturing. We have endured worse—and triumphed.

We will not only prevail again; we will do so with dignity, legality, and the unwavering support of those across the world who still believe in justice over power, and in liberation over subjugation.

In the end, Macron missed an opportunity to preserve a shred of statesmanship. He chose instead to descend into the mud of colonial resentment.

So be it.

Algeria, anchored in memory and driven by vision, will walk forward. Alone if it must. Victorious, always.

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