Invited Sunday of the Grand Rendez-Vous on Europe 1, Adrien Quatennens, deputy insubordinate North France, reacts to the presence of the French army in the Sahel.

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On the eve of the tribute to the thirteen soldiers who died in Mali on November 26, the deployment of French forces in the Sahel is debating. Thursday, Emmanuel Macron said he was ready to review "all the strategic options" of France in the Sahel and asked his allies a "greater involvement" against "terrorism". The boss of La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, judge for him "essential to define the means" to "quickly bring home" the French forces deployed in the Sahel, in a forum published Sunday in the JDD. Adrien Quatennens, deputy insubordinate France from the North, invited the Grand Rendez-Vous on Europe 1, reacts.

He will participate on Monday in tribute, "to surround our affection with these thirteen bereaved families". The deputy also quoted the Prime Minister and recalled that the "deployment of the armed forces are political decisions." Like the platform of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, he asks to be able to question the geostrategic assessment of Operation Barkhane in Mali. "6 years we are there, we need to know if we are achieving our goals, but above all we need to know what our goals are?"

"It's always when there is a tragedy that we start talking about politics," the MP complains. "The operation in Mali was never discussed by Parliament. Operation Serval, set up to protect Bamako which has turned into a Barkhane operation. "

"The Malian people welcomed us initially with great satisfaction and today sometimes manifest to ask for the withdrawal of the troops," said the MP, adding that the fight against terrorism in Mali contained other missions. "On one side you have the real Islamist terrorists, but you also have militias, corruption."

"You have to be able to tell yourself what the objectives are, and I think that the Malian people themselves are qualified to decide what they want for their country," he said. "But today the Malian state is bankrupt, corruption has plagued the state and public services are absent."

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