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.
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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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