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French President Emmanuel Macron has responded strongly to Algeria's claims of an apology for the French colonisation of the North African country. In an interview with Algerian writer Kamel Daoud for the magazine Le Point, the French leader put the matter to rest with a blunt: "I don't have to apologise".
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President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not "ask forgiveness" from Algeria for French colonisation but hopes to continue working towards reconciliation with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune."It's not up to me to ask forgiveness, that's not what this is about, that word would break all of our ties," he said in an interview for Le Point magazine published late Wednesday."The worst thing would be to decide: 'we apologise and each go our own way'," Macron said."Work on memory and history isn't a settling of all accounts," he ad...
Macron has prodded and soothed over the French occupation throughout his political career.
(AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron has said he will not "ask forgiveness" from Algeria for French colonisation.