Emmanuel Macron on the move in the country

“Crime against humanity“, “true barbarism“. This is how the candidate Emmanuel Macron, then in the middle of the campaign, had qualified, in February 2017, the colonization in Algeria. When he goes there for the first time as president, it is to consider the future of the A short visit of a dozen hours and the question of memory comes back during a walkabout.

Emmanuel Macron wishes to reconcile the new Algerian generation with France. Four years later, it is at the Elysée that he makes a new gesture: this time, the harkis are in the spotlight. He apologizes to them on behalf of France. But reconciliation is not so easy. At the end of 2021, relations are strained between France and Algeria. First, for a sentence by Emmanuel Macron. Then, when the Minister of the Interior affirms that the number of visas has been drastically reduced for the Maghreb countries. Outcry in Algeria which recalls its ambassador and prohibits France from flying over its territory. Almost a year later, it is to the new Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune that Emmanuel Macron will try to soften diplomatic relations.