
French-Algerian Writer Released From Jail—Thanks to Steienmeier, Not Macron
For France, it’s just more evidence of the president’s diplomatic impotence.

For France, it’s just more evidence of the president’s diplomatic impotence.

A French-Algerian author imprisoned for controversial remarks on territorial history will be transferred to Germany for treatment of his prostate cancer.

The French interior minister wants to put an end to a diplomacy steeped in “good feelings.”

France’s weak diplomacy couldn’t prevent the imprisonment of the French-Algerian writer, unjustly convicted for challenging Algeria’s territorial claims.

For the first time in a long while, France is sending Algeria the clear message that it will not tolerate further provocations by its former colony.

Given Boualem Sansal’s age and health, it could be a slow death sentence.

The Franco-Algerian author was in the crosshairs of a government he has vocally criticised.