In Niger, the standoff initiated by President Macron against the coup leaders has ended in a resounding defeat in open terrain. The French Ambassador has been recalled, and the stationed military detachment is packing up. French diplomacy is faltering on all fronts.

France faced humiliation in Burkina Faso, where the expulsion of its military attaché was communicated to Paris by the coup authorities. The Burkinabé junta rejected the appointment of a new ambassador chosen by Paris. Morocco further embarrassed Paris by declining its assistance following a severe earthquake, leading to "controversies that shouldn't exist," as commented by the French President. The setbacks keep mounting.

The "French authority" abroad has plummeted with Emmanuel Macron's widespread diplomatic failures. Under his leadership, France has achieved the "historic feat" of simultaneously alienating both Algeria and Morocco in the Maghreb region. Not to mention the domino effect in parts of Africa where countries are succumbing to coups and are swiftly sidelining a seemingly passive France. Félix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was blunt in his criticism during a visit by the French head of state last March.

The worst isn't always certain, yet sometimes it happens! In an interview on LCI, the head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, claimed that the French President was invited by King Mohamed VI of Morocco for a state visit. However, a Moroccan governmental source promptly refuted this, stating, "A visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Morocco is not on the agenda."

French diplomacy is adrift. Earlier in the summer, the French President expressed a desire to attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, only to be sharply rebuffed, marking another diplomatic slap.

Earlier this year, Macron's decision to dissolve two major diplomatic corps led to a rare strike at the Quai d'Orsay, where it was believed this reform would further weaken French diplomacy. The signs are already here.

The combination of these diplomatic withdrawals and the President's arrogance abroad is having damaging effects. France is ridiculed, pointed at, and humiliated everywhere. What did Emmanuel Macron's two visits to Lebanon, where he "threatened to restore order" in this sovereign nation, achieve? Jean-Yves Le Drian, Macron's personal representative in Lebanon, is on his third official visit. To what end? The response is laughter.

Even among our "historic allies", primarily the United States and Germany, there's a sense that this decline in French global influence is an opportunity for them to further their respective businesses. Germany, in refusing to welcome new migrants arriving in Lampedusa en masse, is taking a firm stance against a completely failing Brussels. Meanwhile, during a phone call with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Macron reiterated France's "solidarity" with Italy. A token gesture at best.

In December 2021, the President of the "At the same time" strategy claimed he wanted a "more sovereign Europe," which would involve revamping the "Schengen area" and "strengthened border protection." What has been done? Nothing. In Macron's France, words do not lead to action. The France of "at the same time" no longer makes its mark abroad.