France will open its archives on “judicial investigations” with “fifteen years in advance”

In March, Emmanuel Macron had already decided to “facilitate access to the archives classified more than fifty years”, covering the period of the conflict.

Le Monde

The Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, announced Friday, December 10 the next opening of the archives on “judicial investigations” of the Algerian war (1954-1962), nearly sixty years after the end of the conflict and the end of the conflict and While the Franco-Algerian relationship has been in crisis for months.

“I open with fifteen years in advance the archives on the judicial investigations of gendarmerie and police related with the Algerian war”, Have it announced on BFMTV . A statement that comes two days after the visit to Algiers from the leader of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves le Drian.

In a statement published in March, the Elysee announced that the head of state had “made the decision to allow archival services to declighten the documents covered by the Secret of National Defense (…) to the records of the Year 1970 included “. “This decision will be likely to significantly shorten the waiting times related to the declassification procedure, in particular with respect to the documents relating to the Algerian war”, according to the text.

Shortly before, Emmanuel Macron had recognized, “on behalf of France”, the torture and assassination of the lawyer and nationalist leader Ali Boumendjel by the French army during the Algerian war in 1957. These Actions of appeasement are recommended in the report given to Emmanuel Macron on January 20 by Benjamin Stora for the purpose of “reconciling memories” and “look at the story opposite”.

/Media reports.