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New Caledonia politicians in Paris for talks on crucial independence referendum

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.

Impasse prompts New Caledonia partition debate

Anti-independence politicians in New Caledonia say the three provincial governments should be given more power in a new arrangement under French control as another independence referendum is due. The idea, raised in the French Senate by Pierre Frogier, has been echoed by Sonia Backes, who is the president of the economically dominant Southern Province. Pierre Frogier Photo: AFP Mr Frogier said a new arrangement had to be found because neither the pro- nor the anti-independence side will accept the outcome of the next referendum on independence from France, due before October next year. He said this would also guarantee the different identities of the mainly Kanak Northern Province and the Loyalty Islands Province.

Intervention du sénateur de Wallis et Futuna Mikaele Kulimoetoke au sénat s

Intervention du sénateur de Wallis et Futuna Mikaele Kulimoetoke au sénat s
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