Editing Algeria (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Algeria}}
[[File:Abdelaziz Bouteflika and George W Bush 20080707.jpg|thumb|President [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] and [[George W. Bush]] exchange handshakes at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa in Tōyako Town, Abuta District, Hokkaidō in 2008. With them are [[Dmitriy Medvedev]], left, and [[Yasuo Fukuda]], right.]]

Algeria is included in the [[European Union]]'s [[European Neighbourhood Policy]] (ENP) which aims at bringing the EU and its neighbours closer.
Giving incentives and rewarding best performers, as well as offering funds in a faster and more flexible manner, are the two main principles underlying the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) that came into force in 2014. It has a budget of €15.4&nbsp;billion and provides the bulk of funding through a number of programmes.

In 2009, the French government agreed to compensate victims of nuclear tests in Algeria. Defence Minister Hervé Morin stated that "It's time for our country to be at peace with itself, at peace thanks to a system of compensation and reparations", when presenting the draft law on the payouts. Algerian officials and activists believe that this is a good first step and hope that this move would encourage broader reparation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-offers-compensation-to-victims-sickened-by-nuclear-tests-1.797730|title=France offers compensation to victims sickened by nuclear tests|access-date=3 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104142121/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-offers-compensation-to-victims-sickened-by-nuclear-tests-1.797730|archive-date=4 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Algeria–Morocco relations|Tensions between Algeria and Morocco]] in relation to the [[Western Sahara]] have been an obstacle to tightening the [[Arab Maghreb Union]], nominally established in 1989, but which has carried little practical weight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/990219/1999021906.html |publisher=ArabicNews.com |title=Bin Ali calls for reactivating Arab Maghreb Union, Tunisia-Maghreb, Politics |date=19 February 1999 |access-date=4 April 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011125202857/http%3A//www%2Earabicnews%2Ecom/ansub/daily/day/990219/1999021906%2Ehtml |archive-date= 25 November 2001 }}</ref> On 24 August 2021, Algeria announced the break of diplomatic relations with Morocco.<ref>{{cite news |title=Algeria stops gas supplies to Spain via Morocco, as diplomatic row with Rabat intensifies |url=https://www.upstreamonline.com/politics/algeria-stops-gas-supplies-to-spain-via-morocco-as-diplomatic-row-with-rabat-intensifies/2-1-1092219 |work=[[Upstream (newspaper)|Upstream]] |date=2 November 2021 |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=5 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105090802/https://www.upstreamonline.com/politics/algeria-stops-gas-supplies-to-spain-via-morocco-as-diplomatic-row-with-rabat-intensifies/2-1-1092219 |url-status=live }}</ref>