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Future uncertain in New Caledonia after French MPs block reform plan

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 3

New Caledonia to become a state in 'historic' agreement, but will remain French

French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the agreement as 'historic'. But it stops short of full independence sought by Indigenous Kanaks.

Euronews · Jul 13, 2025

France’s ‘colonial strategy’ blamed for division in troubled New Caledonia

Three months after the French Pacific territory was rocked by a wave of unrest, an uneasy calm has returned.

Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2024