Possible results for Boualem Sansal. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune this Monday, November 10, to pardon the French-Algerian writer, who was imprisoned for one year in Algeria, and sentenced to five years in prison for “an attack on national unity”.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose role is usually honorary, asked his Algerian colleague to a “humanitarian attitude” for elderly people suffering from cancer. He also proposed that Boualem Sansal be transferred to Germany for “benefited from medical care (…) in view of his advanced age (…) and fragile state of health”.
Arrested in Algiers on November 16, 2024, the writer was sentenced to five years in prison on appeal on July 1, for making these remarks to French right-wing media. Border which Algeria inherited under French colonial territory that previously belonged to Morocco.
Accused“attack on national unity”, “body insult”, “practices that may be detrimental to the national economy” And “detention of videos and publications that threaten the security and stability of the country”Sansal was at the heart of the diplomatic dispute between Algiers and Paris.
This Monday morning on France Inter, the boss of the Directorate General of External Intelligence (DGSE), Nicolas Lerner, for his part mentioned “signal” came from Algeria to support a “resumption of dialogue” with France. For the man who directed the French spies, that made no sense “It is in both countries’ interests to remain in this stalemate situation”call again for release “two of our fellow countrymen” detained in Algeria: Boualem Sansal and journalist Christophe Gleize.
After months of frosty relations, marked by a complete cessation of migration cooperation, the departure of Bruno Retailleau from the Interior Ministry, replaced by Laurent Nuñez, a non-political successor, allowed discussions to begin behind the scenes in recent weeks. Beauvau’s new tenants highlight the need for security cooperation, particularly in the anti-jihadist struggle in the Sahel. Laurent Nuñez will soon leave for Algeria.
