Question 16980 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Pierre-Yves Cadalen draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the lack of information relating to the creation of a Franco-Haitian historical commission to study the impact of the heavy financial compensation imposed by France on Haiti. While France imposed itself on Haitian territory from 1697, reducing it to a colony through an economy based on the commodification of raw materials, extracted by the slaves, France only agreed to recognize the independence of Haiti on several devastating conditions. Charles The young republic will go into debt at high rates from French banks and this unjust debt will continue to be paid until 1952. The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron recognized, on April 17, 2025, that this compensation placed Haiti face to face with “the unjust force of History” in a press release, without however mentioning financial reparations. He announced, during the bicentenary of the country's independence, the creation of a Franco-Haitian commission of historians from both country to study the impact of the 1825 indemnity on Haiti and to examine its common past. However, this commission, which aimed to create a “more peaceful future”, has not been made public, which the MP deplores. He therefore wishes to know who, apart from the historians Yves Saint-Geours and Gusti-Klara Gaillard Pourchet, work or are interviewed in this commission; find out why reports and progress are not made public; know the timetable of this commission, its work and its possible publications.

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