Editorial: Le Monde

• Emmanuel Macron further acknowledged France's responsibility in the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
• France could have prevented the mass murders but did not have the will to do so, according to Macron.
• Macron indirectly attributes this lack of will to the failures of François Mitterrand's politics and his support for the genocidal regime.
• Reconciliation with Rwanda is one of Macron's African priorities, balancing reparative policy and diplomacy.
• Macron has delivered his recent message through a video on social media, attempting to maintain some distance with the regime.

Conclusion: Confronting the shadows of France's colonial and postcolonial past can cause controversy and conflict but Macron is convinced that it is important in order to prevent similar errors in the future and move toward reconciliation.

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