Tag: Emmanuel Macron
New Caledonia’s Backès resigns from French govt after losing Senate vote
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre
A prominent pro-France leader in New Caledonia, Sonia Backès, has resigned from the French government after a resounding defeat in France’s...
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...
France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
French President Emmanuel Macron and Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau have reached an agreement to settle the “land problem”...
Macron to ditch Noumea Accord for self-determination and impose new statute for New Caledonia
By Eleisha Foon
French president Emmanuel Macron says he will forge ahead with processing a new statute for New Caledonia, replacing the 1998 Noumea Accord.
New...
Macron urges Kanaky New Caledonia ‘compatriots’ to chart united path
RNZ Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged New Caledonia to forge a common future after the most recent “no” independence vote.
During his visit to...
‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner
By Walter Zweifel
France has been warned against attempts to abandon the New Caledonian decolonisation process pursued for more than two decades.
A veteran independence campaigner,...