{"id":22435,"date":"2025-11-17T10:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=22435"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:12:55","slug":"french-fm-hails-release-of-sansal-as-rebuke-to-hardliners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=22435","title":{"rendered":"French FM Hails Release of Sansal as Rebuke to Hardliners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Berlin, Germany<\/strong> \u2013 French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot announced on Sunday that Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal could return to France \u201cin the coming days,\u201d emphasizing that his release constitutes a \u201cresounding criticism of the hardline approach\u201d in managing relations with Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>Barrot, speaking in an interview, stated that Sansal is currently at the French Embassy in Berlin. \u201cBased on the results of his medical examinations, we hope to see him return to France soon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sansal&#8217;s release follows a year of imprisonment in Algeria and occurs amidst a tense diplomatic period between the two countries. His release was facilitated after Algeria agreed to a German request for clemency on humanitarian grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The French Foreign Minister hailed the decision as \u201ca victory for French and German diplomacy,\u201d clarifying that it represents \u201ca clear rebuke of the hardline tactics and insults that lead to nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barrot rejected directly addressing comments made by former French Minister Bruno Retailleau, who previously expressed regret that his \u201chardline stance\u201d towards Algeria was not adopted by the Foreign Ministry or the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch<\/em> understands that Barrot expressed his hope for continued dialogue with Algeria \u201con the basis of clear demands, and defending our interests while respecting Algerian sovereignty.\u201d This suggests a shift in approach from some factions previously advocating for a more confrontational relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The release of Sansal, a prominent literary figure, is expected to ease some tensions and potentially pave the way for renewed diplomatic efforts between France and Algeria.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin, Germany \u2013 French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot announced on Sunday that Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal could return to France \u201cin the coming days,\u201d emphasizing that his release constitutes a \u201cresounding criticism of the hardline approach\u201d in managing relations &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22437,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22435\/revisions\/22437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}