The euro and colonialism

During my summer vacations ((For the French original version of this blog entry, see here.)), I read Revolusi, David Van Reybrouck's great book about the history of Indonesia, which might seem to be a long way from the subject of this blog, but he devotes three pages to the European Union and its origins, while three of its founding countries still had colonies. He highlights the conjunction between the negotiations for the Treaty of Rome (1955-1957), the Bandung Conference (April 18-24, 195...