While France has made a strong gesture in terms of memory by restoring Friday the remains of 24 Algerian fighters killed at the start of French colonization in the 19th century, the Algerian president is asking for one more step in appeasement. Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Saturday he expected an apology from France for the colonization of Algeria. He especially considered that his counterpart Emmanuel Macron was "someone very honest" likely to contribute to this climate of appeasement.
"Half-excuses"
“We have already received half-excuses. We must take another step (…) We wish, ”he asked during an interview with the international channel France 24 . "This will help calm the climate and make it more serene for economic relations, for cultural relations, for neighborly relations", continued the president, recalling that more than six million Algerians live in France and that 'they' can take something there and here '.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on FRANCE 24 on Saturday that "with President Macron we can go a long way in appeasement, in solving the memory problem".
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During a visit to Algiers in December 2017, the French president undertook to return the Algerian human remains stored at the Musée de l'Homme. The same year, but before his election, he called the colonization of Algeria in Algiers a "crime against humanity". The memory issue remains at the heart of volatile relations between France and Algeria, where the perception is that France is not doing enough to settle its colonial past.
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