أزمة العلاقات التونسية - الجزائرية 1958-1959

Abstract EN

Tunisian-Algerian relations worsened greatly during the years 1958 and 1959, and the reason for this was due to the attempts of the French authorities to provoke differences between the two countries in order to strike at any unitary project in Maghreb and work to eliminate the great solidarity shown by Tunisia with the Algerian revolution, while at the same time ensuring France's political and economic interests.

These conditions were accompanied by the desire of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba to exploit the situation in order to prove leadership and try to benefit from the developments in the political arena at the time when the Algerian issue was still unresolved.