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Algiers pushes back after Macron urges tougher stance
Relations between France and Algeria have reached a new low, following a letter written by Emmanuel Macron to his Prime Minister. In it, he instructs François Bayrou to take a tougher stance toward France’s former colony, as a dispute drags on over two French nationals imprisoned in Algeria and visa exemptions for Algerian diplomats. Algiers has responded by accusing Paris of trying to “exonerate” itself from any blame.
The Franco-Algerian lawyer cultivates friendships and honours as much as the ambiguities of one power to another. Before being caught up in a crisis of unprecedented magnitude between the two countries.
Algiers responded to Emmanuel Macron's letter asking for more firmness. In the viewfinder in particular: the French Embassy and the residence of the ambassador.
The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also announced a revision of "significantly advantageous" leases for other institutions, such as French institutes or consulates.
In response to the French President's change of tone in favour of "more firmness" towards him, Algeria accused France on Thursday of being responsible for the bilateral crisis. In Algiers, one observation settles: it is the "start of the definitive breakup".
The Algerian executive announced this Thursday, 7 August, to put an end to the free supply of goods loaned for decades at the French Embassy in Algeria, as well as a review of the leases contracted for other French institutions on Algerian territory.
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