Words long awaited by the harkis. During a reception at the Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron addressed the Muslims recruited as auxiliaries to the French army during the Algerian war between 1954 and 1962 to fight against the FLN. “To the fighters, I want to say our gratitude; we will not forget. I beg your pardon, we will not forget, ”declared the President of the Republic. France “has failed in its duties towards the harkis, their wives, their children”, also ruled the head of state.
Emmanuel Macron also announced a law “of recognition and reparation” for them.