Is the France-Algeria relationship irrecoverable? The sudden degradation of relations between the two countries is a brilliant illustration. The triggering factor of the new anger of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the arrest accompanied by detention of an Algerian consular agent, cancels any attempt to appease on the side of Paris. The anti -terrorist prosecution, competent in this case, acts independently, a reality that the Algerian power deliberately pretends to ignore. He who had shown a grace for the writer Boualem Sansal in order to evacuate Bruno Retailleau from the previous crisis finds himself caught in his own trap. As an authoritarian regime, it can afford the arbitrary choices of which it cannot hope for the equivalent on the part of a democracy like France.
The intransigence of Algiers also undoubtedly finds its origin in the opacity of internal power struggles. He obviously resumes the Algerian opinion expatriated in France an objective. The consular agent’s arrest follows an intimidation towards an influencer opponent. Whether pro or Algerian anti-government, social networks are at the heart of a political influence struggle all the more important since the Algerian government has no democratic legitimacy. Meanwhile, a seriously ill writer is rushed in prison, while his daughters, eaten away from concern, launch a heartbreaking appeal so that he is not sacrificed on the altar of the unreason of a sick state.
