Twenty-five years after the Taubira law recognized slavery and trafficking as crimes against humanity, Emmanuel Macron outlined an unprecedented step on the sensitive issue of reparations, during a speech on Thursday, May 21, 2026. One year after his departure from the Élysée, the French president continues to invest the memorial ground, one of the markers of his two quinquennats, also supporting the definitive repeal of the Black Code.
Twenty-five years after the Taubira law recognized slavery and trafficking as crimes against humanity, Emmanuel Macron outlined an unprecedented step on the sensitive issue of reparations, during a speech on Thursday, May 21, 2026. One year after his departure from the Élysée, the French president continues to invest the memorial ground, one of the markers of his two quinquennats, also supporting the definitive repeal of the Black Code.