The Head of State advocates a transitional settlement to a accomplice | EUROtoday
Atmosphere “Very solemn” And “Heavy”in keeping with a participant. The “summit” on the way forward for New Caledonia, summoned by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, Wednesday July 2 on the Elysée, within the presence of the Prime Minister, François Bayrou, was poured neither within the heat reunion nor within the drama. But it was critical, two months after the failure of political negotiations in May, aimed toward finishing the 1998 Noumea decolonization settlement and discovering a brand new standing for the territory.
The Head of State went across the immense desk drawn up within the village corridor to greet every of the some forty political, financial and associative representatives of the Caillou. The deputies Nicolas Metzdorf (Loyalist) and Emmanuel Tjibaou (independentist) arrived the final with the Minister of Overseas, Manuel Valls, as leaving a conciliabule. Kanak customary chiefs have been customized, with out ostentation, a primary in these republican locations. The appointment lasted two hours.
Outside, shock: Christian Tein, the president of the Kanak National Liberation Front and Socialist (FLNKS) introduced himself on the gates of the Elysée with Gilbert Tyuienon, mayor of Canala and liable for the Caledonian Union. Somewhat stress stroke resolved in peace. Mr. Tein was not invited as a result of he doesn’t seem within the official delegations taking part within the discussions with the State and he was merely rejected.
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