The 23 February 2005
French law on colonialism was an act passed by the
National Assembly, which imposed on high-school (lycée) teachers a requirement to teach the "positive values" of
colonialism to their students (Article 4, Paragraph 2). The law, particularly the aforementioned paragraph and Articles 1 and 13, created a public uproar and drew massive opposition from the
left, and Article 4, Paragraph 2 was repealed by president
Jacques Chirac (UMP) at the beginning of 2006, after accusations of
historical revisionism from various teachers and historians, including
Pierre Vidal-Naquet,
Claude Liauzu,
Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison and
Benjamin Stora. Its Article 13 was also criticized as it supported former
Organisation armée secrète (OAS) militants.