France, March 28 -- Lawmakers in France's National Assembly on Thursday backed a move that could lead to a day to commemorate the October 1961 police crackdown in Paris that killeddozens ofAlgerians protesting for their country's independence.

A parliamentary motion noting the "bloody and murderous repression of Algerians" wasproposed by Greens MPSabrina Sebaihi andJulie Delpech,from President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party.

It encountered opposition from the ranks of Marine Le Pen's far-rightNational Rally(RN).

"The vote represents the first step in the work to recognise this colonial crime, to recognise this crime of the state," said Sebaihi.

On 17 October, some 30,000 Algerians were urged by the pro-independence FLN party to b...