The protesters, while being accepted into France, praised their country of origin and called the French, traitors and accused the government of supporting terrorists.

Paris was the site of a shocking demonstration, with thousands of Algerians taking to the streets to celebrate their country’s independence and praise the Algerian army for „resisting the incessant attacks of traitors,” especially the country’s former colonialiser, France. The crowd in the Place du Colonel-Fabien chanted that the army was the brother of the people and that „the children of France sided with the traitors”.

Des milliers d’Algériens enregistrent une cinglante victoire contre les traîtres https://t.co/zBk9yEve3f

— Algérie Patriotique (@Algpatriotique) March 20, 2023

The demonstrators also complained that the interior minister did not give them permission to demonstrate in the Place de la Republique, as Gerald Darmanin had reserved the square for members of the Algerian political organisation known as the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabila (MAK), which is considered a terrorist movement in Algeria, and the Islamist movement Rachad. France’s refusal to extradite the members of these two movements is proof that Emmanuel Macron and the France he leads are supporting these terrorists, the protesters say.

However, this was met with reservations by Damien Rieu, a right-wing politician and member of the Eric Zemmour-founded and -led Reconquete party, who said that it was not consistent for these people to celebrate Algeria’s independence in a country where they had gone of their own free will to live with their former colonisers.

Fêter l’indépendance de l’#Algerie alors qu’ils sont venus vivre… chez le colonisateur de l’Algérie. Ce n’est pas la cohérence qui les étouffe. pic.twitter.com/l3C8k1udjU

— Damien Rieu (@DamienRieu) March 20, 2023

Besides criticising France, the country that welcomed them, the Algerian demonstrators also chanted serious racist slogans.

⚠️🔴 «Donnez-lui des bananes, donnez-lui des bananes, le 🇲🇦Marocain est un animal» :
Aucune réaction de @GDarmanin, de l’extrême-gauche ou des anti-racistes @_LICRA_ @d_sopo @MrapOfficiel après la manifestation de haine des 🇩🇿Algériens contre le Maroc.
pic.twitter.com/q6RJO29QJP

— Damien Rieu (@DamienRieu) March 21, 2023

There had been no reaction to the racist remarks, either from Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, or from the LICRA anti-racist league, Mr Rieu complained. LICRA’s inaction is particularly surprising, as it is holding its Week of Education and Action against Racism, Anti-Semitism and Discrimination right now.

📢Semaine d’éducation et d’action contre le racisme, l’antisémitisme et les discriminations.
👉Découvrez les actions des sections de la Licra 👇https://t.co/3QUc9Jh4h4

— Licra (@_LICRA_) March 21, 2023