EUROPEAN COUNCIL President Charles Michel's made an embarrassing blunder while trying to woo African leaders on Sunday, where he wrongly claimed 22 European countries had 'never had any colonies'.
Speaking at the state dinner in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the European Council President said: “I am here today to bear witness to a metamorphosis of this continent but also that of Europe.“22 of them never had any colonies.”The EU corrected the statement on the website, changing 22 to 21The official, who wished to remain anonymous, told Politico: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions and it is exactly this well-meaning but tiresome tone-deafness that we no longer have appetite for.
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