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New Caledonia politicians in Paris for talks on crucial independence referendum
Issued on: Posters outside voting stations at last referendum, October 2020 Theo Rouby / AFP 4 min MPs and politicians from the French pacific territory of New Caledonia are in Paris for a week of talks on the timing and framing of a third and binding referendum on independence from France. Advertising Read more
Voters rejected the option of independence from France in both 2018 and 2020 but in April, the pro-independence party requested another vote.
Under the rules of the 1998 Nouméa Accord, that means a referendum must take place – at the latest by October 2022.