France’s Silence and Refusal to Open the Archives of Nuclear Tests in Algeria

International activist Jean-Marie Collin, known for his work on nuclear nonproliferation and security and defence issues, with particular expertise on French nuclear policy, criticised President Emmanuel Macron for failing to uphold the promises he made in 2017, which he termed the “forward deterrence” doctrine. This doctrine included a commitment to nuclear protection for European populations, which Collin argued contradicts “the current management of the humanitarian, environmental, and social consequences of the 17 nuclear explosions conducted in the Algerian Sahara and the 193 others carried out in French Polynesia between 1966 and 1996.”

Jean-Marie Collin stated that assistance for victims (French, Polynesian, and Algerian) and the rehabilitation of contaminated territories remain incomplete, raising questions about France’s claim to be a “responsible nuclear State.”

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