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Macron Backs Code Noir Repeal, Haiti Reparations Probe

5/22/2026

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President Emmanuel Macron endorsed a bill repealing the Code Noir, commissioning a colonial-law report, and warned reparations promises must not be false.
The ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Taubira Law, with former justice minister Christiane Taubira recalling her speech.
Lawmakers highlighted inequalities in Martinique, Guadeloupe and Mayotte and called for a reparations process.
A historical commission was launched to examine France’s 19th-century indemnity to Haiti.

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President Emmanuel Macron endorsed a bill repealing the Code Noir, commissioning a colonial-law report, and warned reparations promises must not be false.
The ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Taubira Law, with former justice minister Christiane Taubira recalling her speech.
Lawmakers highlighted inequalities in Martinique, Guadeloupe and Mayotte and called for a reparations process.
A historical commission was launched to examine France’s 19th-century indemnity to Haiti.