There were those who felt that only France was bound by the Agreements: with herself fettered to resolving future differences by “pacific means”, with her army withdrawing, what possible sanctions could be applied against the G.P.R.A. if it failed to respect the Agreements? Other critics pointed to a small matter of validity; the Agreements had been signed with representatives of a body that was not even a legitimately constituted government — therefore, France would be bound, while a future Algerian regime could repudiate.

DEFINE: Clarifies the G.P.R.A. (Algerian provisional government) and the structural asymmetry critics identified in the Evian Agreements.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1598