DECRYPTION – By defending Boualem Sansal and welcoming the “unprecedented ambition” of the new partnership between France and Morocco, Emmanuel Macron is breaking the diplomatic silence he imposed on himself in the tensions with Algiers.
Adam Arroudj, in Algiers
« Irresponsible statements. » The comment from the Algerian Parliament office will undoubtedly be one of the most moderate reactions that Paris can expect after Emmanuel Macron's comments.
Monday at the Élysée, during the Conference of Ambassadors, the French President ensured further anger from the Algerian authorities by defending Boualem Sansal, the 80-year-old Franco-Algerian writer who has been held in detention in Algeria since his arrest on November 16. « The Algeria that we love so much and with which we share so many children and so many stories is entering into a story that dishonors it, preventing a seriously ill man from getting treatment. It's not up to what it is »he declared, describing Boualem Sansal as « freedom fighter », « detained completely arbitrarily by Algerian officials ».
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