Already, well before the O.A.S. campaign and its ugly climax, the outlook towards Algeria of the French majority had passed through phases of disenchantment and cynicism to reach one of pure apathy. By the latter part of 1961 it was approaching that of the “don’t-want-to-know” British over Northern Ireland in the mid-1970s. Algeria had been in the headlines just too long; the country was fed up with rebellious generals, raucous pieds noirs, murderous fellaghas, anti-French diatribes at the United Nations and fruitless peace talks. Once again there were many more immediate problems at home demanding attention. There was more discontent on the social scene. Because of the rate of inflation, the syndicats were angered by a wage increase limited to only 2.25 per cent, and December saw a new spate of strikes in the public sector.

XREF: Parallels British 'don't-want-to-know' apathy over Northern Ireland in the mid-1970s — a useful comparative lens between imperial-era fatigue and domestic conflict fatigue.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1537