| Micronation: | No |
| Conventional Long Name: | Fédération des Deux Rives |
| Common Name: | Ètat pied noir |
| Federation of the Two Shores | |
| National Motto: | La paix pour seul combat ! |
| National Anthem: | Tu Al Mare |
| Englishmotto: | Peace for only combat! |
| Ethnic Groups: | Pied-noir |
| Government Type: | Provisional government acting as a republic or autonomous region within Algeria |
| Leader Title1: | Head of Government |
| Leader Name1: | Jacques Villard |
| Established Event1: | Declared |
| Established Date1: | 2016 |
| Official Languages: | French |
| Org Type: | Micronation |
État pied-noir refers to the claim made by certain pied-noir individuals and organizations asserting sovereignty and nationhood.
The pied-noir are individuals of European-origin born in French-controlled North Africa, particularly in Algeria. Following the end of the Algerian War, they left en masse as French citizens and resettled mostly in the south of France. While French citizens, the pieds-noirs were largely descendants of Spanish, Italian, and Maltese settlers, as well as ethnic French. Nevertheless, they have remained fiercely loyal to France throughout the history of French Algeria and its aftermath.
The Gouvernement provisoire pied-noir en exil was established on 1 October 2016 in Montpellier by a small group of veteran pied-noir activists in response to what they perceived as marginalization by successive French governments.[1] A written constitution was formalized the following year in Nice. This document outlines the aims of peace and neutrality, as well as the basis for pied-noir sovereignty as claimed in international law.[2] The GPPNE has expressed a desire for membership in the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization[3] and even to acquire territory in the Mediterranean region, under the name of "the federation of the Two Shores". They dream of acquiring a separate territory in France or Spain, although they have made no specific territorial claims.[4] [5] "Yesterday, a million pieds-noirs became migrants. Today, through births and alliances, there are 5 million of them, Located mainly on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria, but established on all the Continents and in all areas of human activity. They have become an essential force of memory and testimony."[6]
On 4 July 2016, Maître Jacques Villard drafted and signed the declaration of self-determination of the pied-noir people and the pied-noir nation. On 1 October 2016, Maître Pierre Courbis drafted and signed the founding act of the pied-noir state. The objective of the pied-noir state, until 13 May 2022, was to finalize a purchase agreement for the acquisition of a national territory on the northwestern shore of the Mediterranean.[7]
The motto of the Fédération des Deux Rives, pied-noir state, "La paix pour seul combat !" directly translates to "Peace for only combat!".