After the sale of 24 Rafale to Egypt in February, ordering 36 Rafale to India is a victory for Hollande and Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Defence.
“Any hasty announcement would be contrary to the objective.” Until a final agreement is reached with India, Francois Hollande have demonstrated extreme caution. No question of the head of state to unnecessary pressure on the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, an official visit to France on Friday and Saturday. Premature declarations would have had a disastrous effect on the discussions between teams of Dassault and representatives of the French and Indian governments, led to the Ministry of Defence.
He had to wait Friday in early evening, the French President and the Prime Minister of India officially announced the order for 36 Rafale turnkey at a joint press conference held at the Elysee. Great news for the French arms industry, for the tricolor economy and employment. “The Rafale will be produced in France,” says does one as president.
But domestic politics is never far away. And without threatening the final negotiations, Francois Hollande took to heart Friday to appear as a head of state very different from his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, now president of the UMP. Traveling in the morning in the south of France, he launched purposely “I think these cases then it is better to say the thing when it is made rather than make announcements that might be contrary to the interests of our country and in any case, contrary to the interests of India. “One way to emphasize the optimism and the precipitation which has sometimes shown Sarkozy during the negotiations for the sale of fighter aircraft carried out under his five years. Friday night at the Elysee, a close adviser to the president praised “the collective and personal success of the president” and Holland method “made of listening and dialogue with partners.” “The president relies on long time” insisted that counselor, taking over again there a terminology used by the executive to defend its economic policy choices.
This new contract with India after the sale of 24 Rafale to Egypt in February, is a victory for Hollande who visited in early March in the workshops of Dassault Aviation in Merignac. A first for a president. The agreement with India is also a victory for Jean-Yves Le Drian, very involved in the case. The Minister of Defence has worked hard, multiplying trips between Paris and India. “On December 2, he was in New Delhi for a first meeting with his new counterpart, named ten days before. They decided together to accelerate contract negotiations Rafale. On February 22, the Minister returned to India for a discreet visit, “said a close adviser to the defense minister.
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