François Mitterrand warned in 1957 that if France lost its de facto African colonies, France would be permanently poor.
1957-01-01 → 1958-01-01
François Mitterrand warned that if France lost its de facto African colonies, France would be permanently poor France
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- François Mitterrand warned in 1957 that if France lost its de facto African colonies, France would be permanently poor.
Mitterrand warned that if France ever lost her de facto African colonies, then France would be permanently poor.
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Origin: extracted from Mitterrand warned that if France ever lost her de facto African colonies, then France would be permanently poor. Later Chirac repeated this warning. Well now it's happening. Africa is kicking the disgusting French imperialists out for good. Macron warns against pessimism, but pessimism is realism · 2026-10-10 16:31