How many were communists all about kicking out western interests in the nuts? ... France will always support the one allowing business to continue as usual (uranium extraction/supply), regardless of left/right ideologies Of course independentist/nationalist aiming at ejecting france won't get supported, that's a given. And they'll be removed eventually, if they win the elections... Now again it has nothing to do with the ideology itself, or the fact that they want to have better roads or schools. It's all about "are you willing to let us have the uranium we need?" It's that simple, the rest is literature