French Impotence in the Face of Algerian Provocations
14th April 2025
The ongoing crisis between France and Algeria has taken a new turn with the request made by Algiers for 12 members of the French embassy staff to leave Algiers within 48 hours.
While the minister for foreign affairs Jean-Noël Barrot was in Algiers on April, 6th, to try to maintain dialogue with the Algerian government in the context of a serious diplomatic crisis, Algeria on Sunday, April 13th, announced its intention to expel 12 people employed by the ministry of the interior from Algeria within 48 hours.
This is a retaliatory measure by the Algerian authorities following the indictment in France on Friday, April 11th, of three men suspected of being agents of the Algerian government and of having intervened just a year ago on French soil to kidnap a certain Amir DZ.
These are serious charges and testify to the casualness and sense of impunity with which the Algerian government behaves in France, even when dealing with its own affairs.