Thomas Piketty: 'France owes €30 billion to Haiti and should start restitution talks'
- Posted on May 10, 2025
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Thomas Piketty: 'France owes €30 billion to Haiti and should start restitution talks'
COLUMN. In the 19th century, France imposed a massive debt on its former colony to compensate slave owners for their losses. Thomas Piketty argues, in his column, that it is time to organize reparations as an act of historic justice.
