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"We could have voted in favour of this resolution on Algeria because it lays down a number of minimum democratic requirements with which we agree. The text condemned the death penalty, the restrictions on press freedom, the repression directed against the Kabylia movement or the deeply reactionary nature of the family code where women are concerned. Albeit timidly, the resolution also condemned the religious fundamentalists, as well as the government and the army. Unfortunately, the amendments adopted in the vote void the text of some of its substance, and ultimately we abstained.
The crisis that has been affecting Algeria for several years, however, has its origins in the economic policies implemented since the 1970s under the auspices of the IMF.
The privatisations that this has entailed, the debt-servicing that is putting a strain on the national budget to the detriment of public services, the pillage of oil industry resources by the multinationals and the endemic corruption at the highest levels following the ‘liberalisation’ of the Algerian economy are not mentioned. This, however, is where Europe, and more particularly France, bears a heavy responsibility. We unreservedly condemn the support given by France to the Algerian regime."@en1
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