What if Belgium paid off its real debts to Congo? … (Brussels)

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Regrets, a parliamentary committee, apologies to the Congolese people and then, inevitably after a series of complaints from Congo, official reparations. In that order. There is no discussion about the economic damage to the Congolese, apart from the human, in the many billions. But actually paying off our real debt will also become our bankruptcy, says professor of international law Jan Wouters (KULeuven).

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What would it mean if apologies followed after regret?

“That would make a significant difference to what King Philippe has now written in his letter,” says Jan Wouters, professor of international law …

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