Emmanuel Macron sparked the wrath of Algiers after comments reported on October 2 by the daily “Le Monde” accusing the system “politico-military” Algerian to maintain a “memorial rent”.
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New speech on the tensions between Algeria and France. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune warns, Saturday, November 6, that he will not do “the first step” to try to calm the tensions caused by Emmanuel Macron’s critical remarks on the Algerian nation. “I have no regrets. Macron has reopened an old conflict in a totally unnecessary way”, denounces the Algerian leader in an interview with the German weekly Der Spiegel (in German).
“Yes [le polémiste d’extrême droite Eric] Zemmour says something like that, whatever, no one is paying attention. But when a head of state declares that Algeria was not a separate nation, it is very serious “, he castigates. In these conditions, “I won’t be the one to take the first step”, warns the Algerian head of state. “Otherwise I will lose all Algerians, it is not about me, but a national problem”, considers the president before continuing: “No Algerian would accept that I contact those who insulted us.”
Emmanuel Macron sparked the anger of Algiers after comments reported on October 2 by the daily The world accusing the system “politico-military” Algerian to maintain a “memorial rent” by serving his people a “official story” who “does not rely on truths”. According to The world, the French president also 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 (…)“.
Is there a prospect of an outcome with France? question him Spiegel. “No, if the French want to go to Mali or Niger now, they will just have to fly nine hours instead of four”, retort Abdelmajid Tebboune, assuring however that a “exception” would be made for “the rescue of injured people”.