A few days ago, the Élysée was well and truly decided to roll out the red carpet under the feet of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
He was to be received with the honors reserved for great friends of France, at the slow trot of the Republican Guard, from the Alexandre-III bridge.
The trip was postponed until June, rather, it seems, at the request of Algiers.
It is therefore just another setback in a bilateral relationship built on the very principle of the impossible duo.
Indeed, behind the question of protocol hides an imbroglio of hesitations.
He speaks of the confusion of an Elysian diplomacy that can no longer find the right tone between realpolitik and the defense of democratic values.
However, we cannot say that Emmanuel Macron is a novice in foreign policy.
It should, on the contrary, dominate the subject.
Let's forget the other topics that dot the news - little phrases about Russia or Taiwan.
In Algeria, the French president had a blow…
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