The Sansal affair is above all a French fiasco.

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If he has not benefited from an expected presidential pardon, Sansal owes it above all to the political-media class and certain influencers who have made him an issue in bilateral relations, wrongly and in a biased manner.
Boualem Sansal is exclusively Algerian as far as Algeria is concerned. His arrest is based on the questioning of Algeria's territorial integrity and not his works.
To rail, to order, to demand, to try and dictate conduct in a neo-colonialist manner to a sovereign state is naturally counter-productive.
Especially since the same people keep cozying up to Netanyahu. Without these useless idiots, Sansal would probably have been freed a long time ago.
We can only hope that in 2027, France regains a president who is less unsuited to diplomacy and has real authority to stop his ministers who squawk in the media and hurl insults while flexing their muscles from afar.
The disastrous role of CNEWS deserves to be highlighted. Employees and propagandists who spew hateful remarks all day long, without the slightest competence or experience. Not to mention the famous «essayists». Generally speaking, this channel spreads a dislike of France abroad.
It is they, in reality, who are keeping Sansal in detention