More immediate foreign policy issues than Algeria will catch the attention of the newly minted EU Commission. Yet that is the challenge that awaits the new European Foreign Affairs commissioner, former Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell. The European Union must take into consideration the clever way in which Russia has reinserted itself into the Mediterranean and African game. If only because of their private economic interests, some senior officers understand that economic reform does not stand a chance without recasting the political governance in Algeria. European media seem to attach greater importance than necessary to information peddled by state-sponsored propaganda trolls.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 12, 2019 18:00 UTC