Just weeks after staff from an Egyptian human rights group were arrested on terror charges, Macron rolled out the red carpet to welcome President Sisi to France.
Since the coup of 2013, there has been a process of structural change within the Egyptian state, where civilian institutions have fallen under the sway of the security apparatus.
Unatrac gave the Conservatives £125,000 in January. Six days later the firm's taxpayer-backed deal was announced. Opposition MP calls for official inquiry.
Mubarak’s reign, the revolt against it, and all the tragedies that followed, remain as a stark reminder of what could have been, what is, and what the future might hold.