In 1958, he told a crowd in Algiers made up mainly of pieds noirs Europeans “Je vous ai compris” (“I have understood you”). But, by 1960, euphoria had given way to rancor among those whom he had used to regain office but who now saw him as a traitor to be neutralized along with the regime he had brought into being.
1958年，他对阿尔及尔主要由欧洲黑脚构成的人群说“我理解你们”。 但到了1960年，这种短期的愉悦已经让位于曾受他利用重新掌权的人们的仇恨，这些人将他视为叛徒，恨不能令他和他一手创立的政权一同消失掉。