Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Algeria: “this famous past that does not pass”

Published on : 26/08/2022 – 12:21

Since Thursday, August 25, Emmanuel Macron has been in Algeria for a three-day official visit. Will this forward-looking and youth-oriented trip allow for a revival in Franco-Algerian relations that have been undermined in the past? “Each time we talk regarding the past, it creates a clash, it creates a controversy,” assured Sébastien Boussois, researcher specializing in the Middle East, guest of France 24. “We regularly have accordion-like relations between the two countries. extremely tense.” Decryption.