Egyptian President Sissi visiting Paris: “Ally” or “Dictator”?

President Emmanuel Macron receive this Monday, December 7 his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, a strategic partner of France, to take stock of several regional crises, including the Libya and the fight against terrorism.

But the two heads of state will also be eagerly awaited on the human rights situation in Egypt.

Marine Le Pen sees an essential ally

Pole of stability in the region, the Egypt of President al-Sisi, which has caused the Muslim Brotherhood to flow back into his country, must be an essential ally for France, especially in the Libyan dossier in the face of Turkish provocations and in the fight against terrorism, tweeted Marine Le Pen, the president of the National Assembly and candidate for the Élysée.

Pole of stability of the region,#Egypt President al-Sisi, who has driven the Muslim Brotherhood back into his country, must be an essential ally for France, especially in the Libyan dossier in the face of Turkish provocations and in the fight against terrorism. MLP

– Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) December 7, 2020

A dictator for rebellious France

Insubordinate France disapproves of the great pomp reserved for the reception of a man who killed all the hopes born of the revolution of 2011 by making his country a prison, write the deputies France rebellious in a press release describing it as dictator.

On the pretext that Egypt buys arms from France, and confronts armed groups, especially in the Sinai, Emmanuel Macron loses sight of all the political principles defended by France , they denounce, seeing a shortsighted foreign policy and fraught with disappointments to come .

The boycott of elected Communists

For the group Communist and citizen of the Council of Paris, France does not honor itself by receiving President al-Sisi and his visit thunders like a sinister and criminal provocation against Egyptian human rights defenders.

These elected officials announce in a press release that they will not attend the visit of the Egyptian president to the Hôtel de Ville in Paris and demand respect for human rights and the release of political prisoners.

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