Question 2760 — veterans and victims of war

Summary

Mr. Jean-Jacques Gaultier draws the attention of the Minister of the Armed Forces to the allocation of the combatant's card to soldiers who participated in operations on Algerian soil between July 3, 1962 and July 1, 1964. In 1974, the legislator chose to retain the date of July 2, 1962, the eve of Algeria's independence, as the sole end date for the allocation of the combatant's card. for all the operations then considered like “the events in North Africa”. Thus, French soldiers engaged in Morocco or Tunisia after the independence of these countries, which occurred respectively on March 2, 1956 and March 20, 1956, are entitled to benefit from the combatant's card as long as they can justify four months of presence on the ground, or be awarded the title of recognition of the Nation. Regarding the Algerian War, thus described by Law No. 99-882 of October 18, 1999, only the title of recognition of the Nation can be awarded to soldiers hired after July 2, 1962, the deadline for issuing the combatant's card being set at July 2, 1962. This difference in treatment between soldiers is all the more shocking given that if the signing of the Evian Accords, on March 18, 1962, marked the end of the armed conflict, almost 80,000 French soldiers continued to be deployed on Algerian territory, in accordance with the provisions of the agreements. There remained 305,000 French soldiers on Algerian territory in July 1962, 103,000 in January 1963 and nearly 50,000 in January 1964. During this period, 535 French soldiers, called up and engaged, “died for France”. Considering that this is an injustice to these soldiers and their families, he asks if it is possible to consider a modification of the decree of January 12, 1994 and thus allow soldiers engaged in Algeria between 1962 and 1964 to obtain the combatant's card.

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