These parliamentarians, mainly left and center, want to “officially recognize the massacres committed in Algeria”, and ask for a “recognition by France of its responsibility in these colonial crimes.”
Published the 06/05/2025 18:14 Reading time: 1min
Twelve French parliamentarians, mainly left and center, said, in a press release on Tuesday, May 6, that they will commemorate “The 80th anniversary of victory over Nazism and peace found in Europe” From Algeria. They will participate “To the commemoration of the other May 8, 1945”specifies this same press release.
-The twelve parliamentarians who will participate in this trip are Fatiha Keloua-Hachi, Sabrina Sebaihi, Danielle Simonnet, Karim Ben Cheikh, Belkhir Belhaddad, Sophie British Guillemont, Raphaël Daubet, Ahmed Laouedj, Laurent Lhardit, Akli Mellouli and Adel Ziane.
These parliamentarians explain in this press release that this displacement “is part of the working group launched on May 8, 2024 aimed at officially recognizing the massacres committed in Algeria in Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata on May 8, 1945”. And add : “This trip to Algeria must mark a stage in France’s recognition of its responsibility in these colonial crimes.” According to historians, several thousand Algerians died from May 8, 1945, following demonstrations to celebrate the end of the Second World War.
According to these parliamentarians, from various political parties, “Memorial work and recognition of colonial crimes by the highest authorities in the Republic” are essential to restore Franco-Algerian relations, when they have deteriorated in recent months.
