Algeria: As Presidential Election Looms, No Commemoration in Paris of Algeria's War of Independence From France

The French defence minister on Monday justified the decision not to hold official commemorations in France to mark the 50th anniversary of the Evian Accords, the ceasefire agreement which marked the end of Algeria's war of independence from France.

Gérard Longuet noted that for some the accords marked the beginning of a period of great suffering. He might have added that with presidential elections in France this April and legislative elections in Algeria in May, there was a risk of inflaming passions.

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