French lawmakers rejected the government’s constitutional reform for New Caledonia on Thursday, casting doubt over the plan’s future and prompting Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to call fresh talks with local political leaders.
The National Assembly voted 190 to 107 to throw out the bill, put forward by pro-independence MP Emmanuel Tjibaou. The move sends the text back into the parliamentary process with the Senate, leaving its future uncertain – at least in its current form.
