مشروع تقرير المصير سنة 1959 و موقف المستوطنين منه

الملخص EN

When General Charles de Gaule came to power after the Rebellion of13th of May1958; no one knew how his policy would be towards the Algerian revolution.

The European settlers thought they won and brought the man who will carry out their criminal policy in Algeria.

Algerian people were waiting for General de Gaule to enhance their cause of independence and get rid of French colonialism.

the 16 th of September,1959 was considered as an explosion of a bomb for the European settlers, General Charles de Gaule has admitted that the Algerian people had the right to determine his own destiny , and thus de Gaule put an end to the idea of sovereignty of the French presence and the French eternal presence in Algeria.

the settler’s first responses was generally fierce, they screamed the betrayal of de Gaule, they were being in a big struggle with time, prepare for a coordination with the army leaders to defend the idea of Algeria a French territory.

European settlers and French army commanders in Algeria considered that General de Gaule, who returned to power thanks to them, stabbed them in the back.

They expressed their dissatisfaction with this policy and uttered their indignation at the tenderness that General de Gaule showed to Algerian people.

According to European settlers; the declaration of 16th of September 1959 represents a platform that paved the way for the FLN to free Algeria to.