He had the courage, at a time when Algeria is changing and opening up, to tackle a taboo. “I am very lucid about the challenges of memory I have before me, which are political,” said Macron. “The Algerian war is undoubtedly the most dramatic of them. How dare he compare the brave French soldiers who fought in North Africa to the Nazi executioners, those monsters of the worst kind? Reading Francophone Africa: Macron makes a break in form, but not in substance?

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 10:41 UTC