French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's history with its former colony and its impact on the country's development since its independence – notably the demand that Haiti pay France reparations to compensate slave-owners for their losses, in return for recognition.
"This decision placed a price on the freedom of a young nation, which was confronted with the unjust force of history from the moment it was founded," said Macron in a statement released on Thursday.
