Weakened by the controversial remarks she had made before the fall of the regime of Zine El-Ali AbidineBen, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Michele Alliot-Marie, was heard on Tuesday 18 January, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly. "We want the fullest extent possible, assist a friendly people by being friendly to him, that is to say, without interfering," argued Ms Alliot-Marie expressed her "confidence in the spirit of responsibility Tunisian people to return to the path of appeasement and dialogue." The minister tried to justify the formula used Jan. 11 in the Chamber of the National Assembly, where she was arrested by Jean-Paul Lecoq (PCF, Seine-Maritime) on the "unwavering support of France to the Mr. Ben Ali's dictatorship, "while the repression of demonstrations in Tunisia had already killed dozens of people.
"One can only deplore the violence on peoples friends," she replied, suggesting that "the expertise of our security forces, recognized worldwide, lead to the resolution of security situations of this type". "My remarks may have been misinterpreted and distorted sometimes," she defended.
I basically said that I deplored the disproportionate use of force. " Gaëtan Gorce (PS, Nièvre) found these remarks "shocking and displaced." "At no time, you have talked about disproportionate use of force," he protested, saying that "by proposing to focus on forms of police cooperation as a response to the crisis Tunisian", the government had committed " an error of appreciation ".
For Mr. Gorce, this error is a continuation of "complacency" shown by the French government to the regime of Mr. Ben Ali, and announced the "disorder" which he demonstrated since his fall . A half-word, Ms Alliot-Marie has left guessing the difficulties France today to "reconnect with the Tunisian people." The attitude of Paris seems to have caused resentment in the population as well as new leaders in the country.
They have thus rejected a proposal to "help supply" made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, thereby suggesting that they expected nothing of France. "Words fail me to describe the positions of France which disqualify the eyes of the world and Tunisians, has outraged the president of the Socialist Group of the Assembly, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Tuesday afternoon, during the question government.
For these statements, you commit the word of France? What consequences do you draw on a personal level? " The Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, who replied, assuring her minister, frozen on his seat, "all (his) confidence." "History often advance faster than diplomacy," he invoked the head of government.
Patrick Roger Article published in the edition of 20.01.11
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