DIRECT. Emmanuel Macron “asks forgiveness” from the harkis, nearly sixty years after the end of the Algerian war – Franceinfo

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11:52 a.m. : The government “will carry before the end of the year a project aimed at inscribing in stone in our laws the recognition and reparation with regard to the harkis“, announced Emmanuel Macron. “The honor of the harkis must be engraved in the national memory”, explained the head of state.

11:56 a.m. : Emmanuel Macron has also announced a law “recognition and reparation” for the harkis. France “failed in his duties towards the harkis, their wives, their children”, also ruled the head of state.

11:47 : Emmanuel Macron spoke again and addressed one of the people who challenged him during his speech. “There is no word that will mend your burns and what you have been through”, replies the president.

11:41 a.m. : Emmanuel Macron is interrupted in his speech by several people present in the audience.

11:42 am : Emmanuel Macron believes that “the Republic has contracted a debt” towards the harkis and their “request forgiveness”.

11:37 : “All my predecessors have spoken since 2001 on these subjects “, continues Emmanuel Macron. In 2016, François Hollande recognized the “responsibilities of the French governments in the abandonment of the harkis, the massacres of those who remained in Algeria and the inhuman reception conditions of the families transferred to the camps in France”.

11:31 : “After the Algerian war, France failed in its duties towards the harkis” and their relatives, says Emmanuel Macron.

11:32 : “The harkis lent their strength, shed their blood for France.”

11:29 a.m. : “THE’history of the harkis is great and painful. ” The President of the Republic begins his speech on these former auxiliary combatants of the French army during the Algerian war. You can follow it live video here.

10:33 a.m. : A ceremony for “appease”. Emmanuel Macron chairs a reception dedicated to harkis for “take a new step” towards the recognition of the responsibility of the French State in the sufferings of these ex-combatants alongside the French army during the Algerian war. A few minutes from Emmanuel Macron’s speech, we come back to the challenges of this meeting.

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10:19 a.m. : Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to deliver a speech at 10:30 am on the harkis. France says it wants to come closer to recognizing its responsibility for the suffering of the harkis, these Algerian auxiliaries of the French army during the war of independence. The speech of the French president will be to follow at 10:30 am in this direct.

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