The European Union said on Tuesday that Europe's slave-trading past inflicted"untold suffering" on millions of people and hinted at the need for reparations for what it described as a"crime against humanity".
Leaders of EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States met in Brussels this week for a two-day summit. In the statement, adopted by leaders of both sides, the CELAC referred to a 10-point reparation plan by the Caribbean Community , which, among other measures, urges European countries to formally apologise for slavery.
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