“The truth must be of putting, and the history transmitted”, insisted the head of state, Wednesday, in front of a parterre de repatriates gathered at the Elysee.
Le Monde with AFP
Emmanuel Macron addressed a strong gesture, Wednesday, January 26, to the returnees of Algeria by qualifying “unforgivable for the Republic” the shooting of the street of Isly, in Algiers, in March 1962, and considering that The “massacre of July 5, 1962” in Oran had to be “recognized”.
In front of a repatriate parterre gathered at the Elysée, the President of the Republic returned to the shootout of the rue d’Isly, in which dozens of supporters of French Algeria were killed by the army in March 1962.
“That day, the French soldiers deployed against employment, poorly commissioned, shot on French (…). That day, it was a massacre,” Macron said, adding that ” Sixty years after “This” drama is overlooked “,” France recognizes this tragedy “. “And I say it today high and clear: this massacre of March 26, 1962 is unforgivable for the Republic. All French archives on this tragedy can be consulted and studied freely.”
Evocating the “atrocious insecurity and violence”, “attacks and murders” who died the end of the Algerian war, the head of state also urged to recognize and “look at In the face “the” massacre of July 5, 1962 “in Oran, who touched” hundreds of Europeans, mainly French “. “The truth must be of putting, and the history transmitted”, again insisted the President of the Republic.
Retriezes “misunderstood” and “despised”
Faced with returnees, Mr. Macron also highlighted the difficulty of “these farewell and tearing” who hit thousands of families:
“Your arrival in a metropolis is a relief, because you know here safe, but it is not a consolation, because you feel quickly misunderstood, despised for your values, your language, your accent, your culture. “
The head of state lamented that “most” “struck out indifference when it was not prejudices”. “Sixty years ago, the returnees of Algeria were not listened to. Sixty years ago, they were not received with the affection that every French citizen in distress deserves,” he added. From now on, “the path that we come back to us is that of this reconciliation,” he arraid.
This “recognition” is part of a series of memorial acts, since the beginning of the five-year and approaching the 60th anniversary of the end of the Algerian war with the Evian Agreements, then the independence of this country – July 5, 1962.
On September 20, 2021, the head of state had asked for “pardon” to the Herkis, Algerian supplements of the French army, who were “abandoned” by France. A bill, to make this “forgiveness” and try to “repair” the harm undergoed, is under consideration in Parliament and should be adopted by the end of February.