France's Unfinished Business: The Reparations Question Emmanuel Macron faces mounting pressure as he prepares to commemorate the 25th anniversary of France's recognition of slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity.
Despite acknowledging its role in the transatlantic chattel slave trade, France has made little progress in addressing the legacy of enslavement that continues to haunt its society.
The recent UN vote, where several European nations abstained from condemning the slave trade as a "gravest crime against humanity," has underscored the need for France to confront its complicity.