European colonial powers still loth to admit historical evils

Netherlands, Germany and Belgium still tend to an upbeat view of their overseas legacies

• UK more nostalgic for empire than all other ex-colonial powers

Visiting Indonesia this week, King Willem-Alexander apologised for his country’s “excessive violence” in its former colony, saying the past could not be erased but must be acknowledged.

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