French press review
In the spotlight: the sixtieth anniversary of the true-false ceasefire in Algeria
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'Peace in Algeria': photo taken in Algiers, March 20, 1962. Posters calling for peace in Algeria, published by the French government, were displayed on the walls of Algerian towns and villages.
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By: Norbert Navarro
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It is today, at midday, that at the Elysée Palace, Emmanuel Macron will deliver a speech that
Le Parisien
qualifies as much more of a “
balancing
exercise” than a cease-and-desist. fire, the date of March 19, 1962 “
remains subject to caution
”, states this newspaper in an understatement.
Having indeed recalled the unleashing of violence on both sides of the belligerent forces of the time and which, long after the said signature, bloodied Algeria,
Le Parisien
underlines that "
the returnees dispute this reference
" of the Evian agreements .
What could the Head of State say?
"
Do not wait for the President of the Republic to decline an official historical line or a history lesson, but a work of memory
", specifies an adviser to the Elysée, according to whom this ceremony will be placed under the seal of "
the reconciliation
” with a concern for “
outstretched hand
” (which with the approach of the presidential election in France,
Le Parisien
considers to be “
a challenge
”).
Bad times for the oligarchs
The Russian oligarchs have something to worry about.
To galvanize his supporters, Vladimir Putin held a huge meeting the day before yesterday in Moscow.
In a stadium full of 80,000 seats, he did not have enough harsh words against those he denounced as "
traitors
" to the fatherland.
“
When Putin does Stalin
”, formulates
Le Parisien.
Like others, this newspaper noted the accusations of the master of the Kremlin against those who make up the "
fifth column
" of the West, these "
people ready to sell their own mother to be allowed to sit on the bench of entry of the upper caste
", he logging, denouncing their desire to participate in the "
destruction of Russia
".
Le Parisien
also pointed to Vladimir Putin's allusion to a "
natural and necessary self-purification of society
".
Ukraine, the price of war
Faced with such threats, what should Westerners do?
Referring to the price to pay for the war,
Le Figaro
warns.
“
From the Cold War to September 11, we have already seen the world fracture on the divide “with or against us”,
he underlines.
Today
, this logic stems from the faint hope of Westerners to
"stop the war without waging war",
as Emmanuel Macron theorized.
The iniquitous aggression of Ukraine must have a price, capable of bringing the warmonger to reason.
But we must ensure that it is not so high that it becomes the trigger for an escalation
, ”warns
Le Figaro.
According to this daily, it is indeed a total economic and financial war that Vladimir Putin is facing today.
“
Deserved?
Certainly.
But the very nature of the sanctions invites us to provide a way out for the person they are targeting
, ”urges this daily.
“
For the Kremlin, this involves the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine
,” he underlines.
But beware,
Le Figaro
immediately warns , "
a Putin pushed to his limits, convinced that we want to 'break up' and 'erase' his country, to the point of brandishing his weapons of mass destruction, this is not the desired effect.
".
Censored RFI, the Malian lament
And then these reactions in Mali, to the suspension of emissions from RFI and France 24. For security reasons, they were all collected on condition of anonymity.
It is
Le Figaro
which publishes them, starting by pointing out that in Mali, "
far from causing an outcry, the decision (to cut off our transmitters) received a cold reception
".
When questioned, this former editor, whom
Le Figaro
presents as "a figure of the press in Bamako", speaks of a decision "
clearly draconian and stupid".
This reporter who works in a Malian newspaper deplores a “
serious decline (…) of freedom of expression (…) But people take it very coldly”,
he adds
in Le Figaro.
According to this anonymous colleague, “
today in remote regions of the capital such as Gao, RFI represents a real breath of fresh air, thanks to synchronization with other local radio stations.
Those who will be deprived of information are our parents, those who are in these remote areas, ”
he said to this French newspaper
.
Which daily also collected the testimony of an "entrepreneur from Timbuktu, in the North", who underlines that "
RFI has always held out his microphone to the authorities"
and who considers that we can
"not agree with the editorial line of a press organization, but it is not by keeping it quiet, or by hiding it, that we are going to raise the morale of the troops".
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