English-French translations for puppet government

• gouvernement fantoche
  Ne nous berçons pas non plus d’illusions, la démission du gouvernement fantoche de Karamé, l’annonce d’un redéploiement des troupes syriennes, constituent seulement une étape dans un processus. We should not delude ourselves: the resignation of Karami’s puppet government and the announcement that Syrian troops are to be redeployed represent just one stage in the process.

Definition of puppet government

• A government which is formally independent, but de facto wholly controlled by a foreign power

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