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Algeria Gate: While France faces severe prison overcrowding, Rassemblement National MP Michel Guiniot chose to question the French government about… Algeria’s future high-security prison in Tanezrouft.

This project, intended notably for major drug traffickers, is nonetheless a sovereign decision by Algeria. Yet the French MP directly linked it to the transfer of Algerian detainees and the expulsion of nationals subject to removal orders.

This approach raises questions: why look to Algeria for a solution to problems that primarily concern the French prison system?

While Paris must manage its own prisons, the episode once again shows how certain French political figures incorporate Algerian decisions into their internal debates on immigration and security.

Algeria Gate: The European Union’s Ambassador to Algeria, Diego Melado, stated that “Algeria is a reliable partner in the gas sector,” noting that it possesses strong potential that qualifies it to become a major partner in future energy projects, particularly in renewable energies and green hydrogen.

In his opening remarks at the second ministerial meeting of the Southern Hydrogen Corridor project (South2Corridor), held in Algeria, Melado highlighted the importance of the renewable hydrogen project in supporting Europe’s transition toward a low-carbon energy system. He pointed to the significant potential of the Southern Hydrogen Corridor project to become one of the main routes for transporting renewable hydrogen to European markets.

The European ambassador explained that this corridor would connect the two shores of the Mediterranean, enabling sustainable economic and energy benefits for both sides and opening the way for a new strategic partnership between Europe and North Africa based on clean energies, shared prosperity, and a move toward a more sustainable future.

In this regard, Melado underscored the important potential that Algeria has in renewable energies and the assets it possesses that can be leveraged to make joint energy projects with Europe a success.

He stressed the importance of continuing efforts to achieve tangible progress and turn the Southern Hydrogen Corridor project into reality, confirming the European Union’s readiness to continue supporting this path and cooperating with various partners to ensure the success of this strategic project.

Algeria Gate: A controversy erupted after the French magazine Le Point published an article by Kamel Daoud entitled “Imaginary Monologue of a Franco-Algerian Woman,” illustrated by a photograph of Algerian actress Hana Mansour. According to the actress, this use was made without her authorisation.

Hana Mansour states that she was neither approached nor consulted and publicly denounces the association of her image with a text to which she says she is completely foreign. She also refuses that her photograph could lead people to believe that she adheres to the content or the editorial line of the article.

The actress is now demanding the removal of her photo from the article as well as from related promotional materials. She also indicates that she reserves the possibility of taking the necessary steps to have her rights respected.

The affair thus raises the question of the right to one’s image and the use of a photograph of a real person to illustrate a story presented as imaginary. At this stage, however, it is appropriate to speak of a challenge formulated by Hana Mansour: the available elements do not make it possible to affirm that a court has established an illegal use of her image.