Printemps arabe view from France --- Very true. When I worked at the Embassy of Mexico in France as Chargée d'Affaires Politiques (2010-2015) I watched very closely the opinion of French newspapers, particularly right-wing ones like Le Figaro, extolling the benefits that 'Le printemps arabe' would bring to those countries. Nicolas Sarkozy took advantage of this situation to promote greater economic opportunities for France in the Maghreb, however Gaddafi accused him of having received suitcases of money to finance his presidential campaign in 2007.

Source author: Cecilia Treemonisha Barros Ruiz cbarros@sre.gob.mx