Sixty years later, the Algerian war remains a difficult page of history, written on still hot ashes, fueled by resentment on both sides of the Mediterranean.
Despite the existence of very strong ties between the two countries, relations have been punctuated by love and hate over the past sixty years.
Today, the Franco-Algerian couple finds it hard to live together with a cohabitation strewn with ruptures, scratches and mutual misunderstandings. The great reconciliation is far from being achieved 60 years after the end of hostilities.
In 2012, March 19 was established in France as a national day of remembrance and meditation in memory of the civilian and military victims of the Algerian war and the fighting in Tunisia and Morocco.
French President Emmanuel Macron will preside over a reception next Saturday at the Elysée for the 60th anniversary of the Evian Accords and the ceasefire. Many remembrance ceremonies are planned in France on that day.
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