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Algerian anthem: “The anti-France couplet is not ‘restored’ by chance”
Reserved for subscribers INTERVIEW. Xavier Driencourt, diplomat, ex-ambassador of France in Algiers, reacts to the controversy over the Algerian national anthem. Interview by Kévin Badeau Published on 06/20/2023 at 3:05…
Algerian anthem with the anti-French couplet: the reaction of the head of French diplomacy
The head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna estimated that a decree extending the use of a couplet evoking colonial France in the national anthem of Algeria could “appear out of…