French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said a joint commission of French and Haitian historians would investigate the legacy of the “heavy price” Haiti was made to pay for its independence, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ago.

On Thursday, 17 April 2025, Emmanuel Macron will speak on the bicentenary of Haiti’s recognition of independence. The president may address the history of the "ransom" the Caribbean nation was ...

The French president did not, however, address longstanding Haitian demands for reparations over what is referred to as a 'double debt,' 200 years after the Caribbean nation's independence.

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Brest, at the invitation of French Prime Minister François Bayrou, Haitian Ambassador to France ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco ... should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti. The Caribbean country became the first in the region ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ago.