Colonialism was a 'grave mistake', Macron says during Ivory Coast visit

French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by President Alassane Ouattara upon arrival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday dec. 20, 2019 for a three-days official visit. - Copyright AP Photo/Diomande Ble Blonde - Diomande Ble Blonde

By Euronews with AFP

Published on 21/12/2019 - 23:13 GMT+1•Updated 22/12/2019 - 8:08 GMT+1

Comments

Colonialism was a "grave mistake" and a "serious fault made by the French Republic", French president Emmanuel Macron declared on Saturday from Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Colonialism was a "grave mistake" and a "serious fault" made by the French Republic, French president Emmanuel Macron declared on Saturday during a joint press conference with the president of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara.

"Too often, France is perceived as taking a supremacy stance and to dress itself in the rags of colonialism, which has been a grave mistake, a serious fault of the Republic", Macron said.

He added that he hoped "a new page" of the story could be written.

Go to accessibility shortcuts

Comments

Colonialism was a 'grave mistake', Macron says during Ivory Coast visit

Colonialism was a "grave mistake" and a "serious fault made by the French Republic", French president Emmanuel Macron declared on Saturday from Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Read more

New Paris mayor vows to end all sexual violence in schools with €20m action plan

French ship crosses Strait of Hormuz in first Western European transit during Iran war

French MEP Rima Hassan in French police custody over alleged apology for terrorism

The Central Asian airport quietly becoming a global freight hub

Pope Leo XIV bares cross for full Good Friday procession

German conscription law: men need permit for stays abroad

Ukrainian children taken at gunpoint by Russian forces in Kherson

France sends first Western European ship through Hormuz