{"id":39271,"date":"2026-05-28T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/frances-national-assembly-votes-to-repeal-slavery-era-colonial-decrees\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T23:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:00:53","slug":"frances-national-assembly-votes-to-repeal-slavery-era-colonial-decrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/frances-national-assembly-votes-to-repeal-slavery-era-colonial-decrees\/","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s National Assembly votes to repeal slavery-era colonial decrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thumbs_b_c_a032f63edbcb1aebba7b7d9c341642c5.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>The lower house of the French parliament has voted unanimously to repeal centuries-old royal decrees codifying slavery in the French colonies, marking a symbolic step in the country&#8217;s coming to terms with its colonial past, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in the National Assembly passed legislation to formally repeal the &#8220;Code Noir,&#8221; a set of 17th- and 18th-century laws that regulated slavery in French colonial territories. The measure passed with 254 votes in favor and none against.<\/p>\n<p>Although slavery was abolished in France in 1848, the decrees were never formally repealed.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation still requires Senate approval before becoming law. A vote in the upper house has yet to be scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this month backed the repeal, saying the continued existence of the decrees was incompatible with the values of the French Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Elysee Palace during a ceremony marking 25 years since France recognized slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity, Macron said France must face history. her with honesty and acknowledged that the suffering caused by slavery can never be fully repaired.<\/p>\n<p>Yael Braun-Pivet, president of the National Assembly, hailed the vote in a post on the American social network X, calling it a decision taken &#8220;in the name of humanity, equality and universality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Code Noir wrote the inhumane into law. The National Assembly today officially repeals it unanimously,&#8221; he wrote Braun-Pivet.<\/p>\n<p>She added that France must &#8220;explain without erasing, agree to broadcast&#8221;, as the country continues to face its past &#8220;with clarity&#8221;, 25 years after the Taubira law recognized slavery as a crime against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over the &#8220;Code Noir&#8221; comes amid growing calls from activists and lawmakers for France to address its legacy of slavery, colonialism and inequality. racial.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lower house of the French parliament has voted unanimously to repeal centuries-old royal decrees codifying slavery in the French colonies, marking a symbolic step in the country&#8217;s coming to terms with its colonial past, reports Anadolu. Lawmakers in the National Assembly passed legislation to formally repeal the &#8220;Code Noir,&#8221; a set of 17th- and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-39271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":8,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39273,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39271\/revisions\/39273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}