2023-06-21 22:00:00
Relations between France and Algeria are not about to improve or stabilize. The spikes sent from one side or the other, coupled with Algerian hypersensitivity and anger, have just caused a new tension on the side of Algiers because of the Algerian national anthem commented on by a French minister.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna’s comment about a new addition to the Algerian national anthem that concerns France has provoked strong reactions in Algeria.
Former Algerian minister Abdelaziz Rahabi, the Jil Jadid party and the National Liberation Front (FLN) all expressed their anger at the French minister’s statement.
In an interview with the LCI channel, Catherine Colonna felt that the re-establishment of an anti-French couplet written during the Algerian war was a “timely” decision.
The head of Algerian diplomacy, Ahmed Attaf himself answered by interview interposed with his French counterpart. Questioned on the subject on Tuesday by the Italian agency Nova during his trip to Italy, the Algerian minister expressed his “surprise” to see that Catherine Colonna “has taken the liberty” of issuing an opinion on the Algerian national anthem, adding that At this stage, she could also criticize the “music of the national anthem, which, perhaps, she does not like either”.
A confirmation of the persistent tensions between the two countries caused by the postponed visit of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to France.
The French authorities refused to give in to the whims of the generals and the Algerian presidency who wanted to make Tebboune’s trip to Paris a key event to launch his candidacy for the 2024 presidential elections.
Algiers had requested a busy program over several days, including a speech given before the French National Assembly. Before this trip, the Algerian regime had prepared the ground to deceive and make people believe that Abdelmadjid Tebboune was popular in France.
Demonstrations were organized twice, particularly in the French capital to “support” the Algerian state, which has been decried and contested since 2019 with the Hirak marches, which could only be suffocated by using repression, heavy prison sentences. striking opponents and journalists, not to mention the coronavirus pandemic.
Following France’s refusal to give in to the Algerian agenda, which also demanded that the Chief of Staff, Said Chengriha, be received a second time for no particular reason, the Algiers regime turned to Russia.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s visit to Moscow and his meeting with Vladimir Putin were a media and diplomatic failure which had the consequences of provoking the anger of Europeans who are openly against Russia and support Ukraine in the conflict between the two countries .
The Algerian regime hastened to send emissaries to the first European power Germany and to Italy (with which Algeria has just established a recent partnership) to explain and reassure.
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