In a letter addressed on January 13 to the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the European deputy and national delegate UDR Laurent Castillo calls for the revision of relations between the EU and Algiers.
In this letter, the hospital practitioner by profession highlights the context of strong tensions between France and Algeria, which have “Clearly deteriorated in recent months”marked in particular by the “Arbitrary detention” From the writer Boualem Sansal to Algeria and the dismissal in France of the Algerian influencer threatening Doualemn. However, notes Laurent Castillo, this tense climate extends to the relations between Algeria and the entire European Union. “In June 2024, the EU initiated a procedure against Algeria for commercial restrictions applied since 2021, in violation of the association agreement” UE-Algeria, explains the right-of-right MEP, specifying what these measures concern specific authorizations on agricultural and automotive imports, or even a supervision of foreign participations in Algerian companies.
According to Laurent Castillo, “France must absolutely respond diplomatically to Algerian provocations, in particular by ending the bilateral France-Algeria agreement of 1968”, which facilitates the conditions of traffic, stay and employment for Algerians in France. An agreement which, according to the MEP, “Organize our migratory helplessness” And “Resonates as an affront to our sovereignty”. Therefore, the European Union, of which France is a Member State, must “Take position” On the subject.
Continue to establish relations, to help Algeria financially as if nothing had been would be an insult
Laurent Castillo
Finally, the teacher questions Ursula von der Leyen-who, let us remember, is a member of the same group (PPE) as Laurent Castillo in the European Parliament-: “Given the current context of relations between certain European countries and the EU with Algeria, are discussions and a revision planned in 2025, as the Algerian President and the Algerian Foreign Minister, despite trade, democratic and migratory differences with Algeria, says? »» The elected official of the Éric Ciotti movement judges that “The European Union has the duty to support the Member States” and believes that “Continue to establish relations, to help Algeria financially as if nothing had been would be an insult”.
