THE QUESTION.
Three referendums in just four years. A fourth, in 2023, to ensure that New Caledonians adhere to the decided project. Conditions particularly favorable to the independence camp, with more than 20% of the residents, sometimes installed for more than 20 years, excluded from the vote to “
balance
” the electorate. Does France really care about New Caledonia? Yes, replies the government which specified, last Sunday, November 14, through the voice of the Minister of Overseas Territories Sébastien Lecornu, that in the sense of the United Nations, the archipelago "
is part of a list of territories which are still decolonize
”. "
We cannot escape it, it is a word that has been given to all parties by successive Presidents of the Republic
”, since the Nouméa agreement, signed by Lionel Jospin on May 5, 1998, added the Minister. .
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Was he admitting there a form of UN pressure to give up these Pacific islands, French since 1853?
What does the United Nations mean by "
territories to be decolonized
", and what is the risk in France by doing without their recommendations?
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