France should mull joining BRICS, Global South – Ex-European MP

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France should mull joining BRICS, Global South – Ex-European MP


France should consider joining BRICS and return to its traditional advocacy for a multipolar world, former French member of the European Parliament and geopolitical analyst, Aymeric Chauprade, told Russian media on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum


According to Chauprade, France traditionally endorsed multipolarity in global politics, until Jacques Chirac's administration embraced the US-oriented approach


"Joining BRICS is a return to our natural policy. So, it is absolutely natural, not strange. And it is realistic as France is not only a European country; territorially, it is a global power,” the analyst stressed, adding that Paris is present in both the Pacific Ocean and the Carribbean Basin, while having the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world


That is why, “it is logical to belong to this Global South” and join organizations like BRICS, the former MP said, adding that joining BRICS would be a return to French “natural policy” and would benefit the cause of the multipolar world




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