Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Unité Légère
English translation:
small units
French term
United States
MA in Translation + Trados
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Unité Légère
| 5 +1 | small units, immediate implementation :....... |
Gloria Palubjakova
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| 3 | Light unit |
Philippa Smith
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philgoddard
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Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
Canada
Better is not good enough....
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Dutch to English
small units, immediate implementation :.......
29 years turning out perfect English
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
Light unit
I read it as having a slightly military tone: the president's strategy is to go in with a light unit (rather than being weighed down with a bigger structure) and fast execution (in the way you'd talk about military strategy).
Reference comments
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Context
http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/08/20/pour-...
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Note added at 5 mins (2020-08-20 16:35:03 GMT)
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I haven't worked out whether it means "unit" or "unity".
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Cyril Tollari
: Bon courage
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B D Finch
: This is context that the Asker should have provided. It's still a bit of a puzzle whether this refers specifically to the military response in Niger, or to Macron's usual style of operating.
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Yes, I agree. The sentence just comes out of nowhere.
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