THEhe President of the Republic did not shy away from his pleasure when he entered the pavilion of honor at the Dubai World Expo, just hours after the signing of a record mega-contract for the sale of 80 planes French fighter Rafale in the United Arab Emirates, for a total amount of 16 billion euros, including the armament and associated elements. “This contract is the biggest in our history in terms of the French component,” said Emmanuel Macron, in front of half a dozen journalists, including that of the Point. “There has never been a military partnership with such an amount of bilateral cooperation. “
It therefore took ten years for the flagship of French military aviation, whose sale to the Emirates had been pushed to the …