It has recently been announced that the President of France, Francois Hollande, has awarded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef with the Legion d’Honneur, which has provoked public outcry not only in the French Republic alone, but far beyond its borders for a whole number of reasons.
It should be underlined that this step goes far beyond the routine use of awards as a means of developing bilateral relations which has been widely used in international politics throughout history.
Even though the French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has tried to label this step as a “routine diplomatic tradition“, he failed to convince anyone into believing him.
Excerpts from: „Hollande’s Legionnaires – a Shameful Lot“
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