Overview
- Algeria’s foreign ministry summoned French chargé d’affaires Gilles Bourbao on January 24 to protest a January 22 Complément d’enquête episode on France 2.
- In a public communiqué, Algiers condemned the broadcast as a “tissue of falsehoods” and “a genuine aggression,” and implied complicity by French public overseers.
- Hours before the airing, state agency APS denounced the programme as a methodical disinformation effort and accused French public media of abandoning journalistic standards.
- The investigation reported alleged Algerian intelligence activity in France, citing a counter‑espionage note on pressure targeting officials of Algerian origin and the April 2024 abduction of Amir DZ, for which French justice issued an international arrest warrant against a former Algerian diplomat.
- The episode featured ambassador Stéphane Romatet speaking from Paris, reflecting ties strained since France backed Morocco’s Western Sahara autonomy plan and a continued freeze in high‑level dialogue.