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Was there an Algerian nation before French colonization?

2021-10-11T17:33:01.123Z


VERIFICATION - This is a question asked by Emmanuel Macron who also accused the Algerian “politico-military” system of maintaining a “memorial rent”. The diplomatic crisis triggered by these words does not subside.


THE QUESTION

. These few words from the President of the Republic triggered a real diplomatic crisis between Paris and Algiers. According to the newspaper

Le Monde

, Emmanuel Macron accused during a meeting with young descendants of protagonists of the Algerian war (1954-1962) the

Algerian

"

politico-military

" system of maintaining a "

memorial rent

" by serving its people an "

official history

" which "is

not based on truths

". Among the words that most shocked the Algerian opinion, the Head of State affirmed that "

the construction of Algeria as a nation is a phenomenon to watch

"

.

"

Was there an Algerian nation before French colonization?

That is the question.

There were previous colonizations (...)

”, questioned Emmanuel Macron.

Read also France-Algeria crisis: Algiers remains deaf to French appeasement efforts

More than a week later, the anger of the Algerian authorities does not weaken.

"

History cannot be falsified

", declared Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in particular this Sunday, conditioning the

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Source: lefigaro

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