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Presidency of the French Republic
Presidency of the French Republic
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France establishes 10 May as slavery remembrance day
📅 30 January 2006President Jacques Chirac announced 10 May as a national day of remembrance of slavery, the slave trade and their abolition. The commemorative measure recognized the history without constituting a...
Macron recognizes French responsibility for Maurice Audin’s death
📅 13 September 2018President Macron acknowledged that Maurice Audin died under torture by the French army and that the French state operated a system that enabled enforced disappearances during the Algerian War. This...
Stora report recommends steps on French-Algerian memory
📅 20 January 2021Historian Benjamin Stora submitted a commissioned report to President Macron recommending symbolic measures, archives access and memorial actions on the Algerian War. It did not recommend a general...
Macron recognizes state crimes at the 1961 Paris massacre commemoration
📅 16 October 2021At a remembrance ceremony for Algerians killed by French police in Paris on 17 October 1961, Macron called the massacre an inexcusable crime for the Republic. The statement named state violence but...
Macron calls for facing French-Algerian history with humility
📅 26 August 2022During his Algeria visit, Macron said the two countries should face their shared past with humility, truth and historical memory. The visit produced cooperation and memory initiatives, but no formal...
France announces a joint commission to examine the indemnity’s history and impact
📅 17 April 2025On 17 April 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that the 1825 indemnity imposed a price on Haitian freedom and announced a mixed Franco-Haitian commission of historians. The commission...