"Algeria's parliament unanimously approved on Wednesday a law declaring France's colonisation of the country a crime, demanding an apology and reparations in a move Paris condemned as "hostile". Standing in the chamber, lawmakers wearing scarves in the colours of the national flag chanted "long live Algeria" as they applauded the passage of the bill, which states that France holds "legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused"."
"The legislation lists the "crimes of French colonisation", including nuclear tests, extrajudicial killings, "physical and psychological torture", and the "systematic plundering of resources". It states that "full and fair compensation for all material and moral damages caused by French colonisation is an inalienable right of the Algerian state and people"."
"A French foreign ministry spokesperson condemned the law's passing as counterproductive to "the desire to resume Franco-Algerian dialogue and to calm discussions on historical issues". The official said Paris was "not in the business of commenting on Algerian domestic politics", but pointed to "the work undertaken" by French President Emmanuel Macron to establish a commission of historians to study the period of colonial rule."
Algeria's parliament unanimously approved a law declaring French colonisation a crime and demanding an apology and reparations. Lawmakers celebrated the vote and asserted that France bears legal responsibility for colonial-era tragedies. The legislation itemizes crimes including nuclear tests, extrajudicial killings, physical and psychological torture, and systematic plundering of resources. The law affirms an inalienable right to full and fair compensation for material and moral damages suffered by the Algerian state and people. France condemned the measure as hostile and counterproductive while pointing to efforts by its president to commission historians to study the colonial period. The move is largely symbolic but politically significant amid a diplomatic crisis.
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