"What has been, has been", the words of French President François Hollande as he ruled out payment of reparations for the role of the state-owned CDC bank in the slave trade.
During his speech to mark France's slavery remembrance day, he went on to say: "History cannot be rubbed out. It cannot be subjected to an accounting process that...would be impossible to complete."
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