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Manuel Valls “regrets not being able to complete” his motion on the head of the abroad ministry
During the switch of energy to the Overseas Ministry, the place he’s changed by MP Naïma Moutchou, Manuel Valls expressed his regrets on Monday. “I am leaving the government without regret in view of the political situation and what we have been experiencing for several days (…) but I regret not being able to complete my action”he declared in an interview with Outremer la 1ère.
He recalled “that there was still much to do for the overseas territories”. “In particular against the high cost of living, against insecurity, for the issues of New Caledonia, but also for the reconstruction of Mayotte”he continued, wishing “good luck and good luck” to Naïma Moutchou, 44-year-old Horizons deputy, resigned minister of the civil service.
“François Bayrou had made it a priority by appointing me to the rank of Minister of State, so that meant that there was a real priority from overseas and that had never been seen, but that is no longer the case. This is how it is”lamented Manuel Valls.
The former prime minister negotiated the Bougival settlement, signed in July between the non-independenceists, the State and the separatists, from which the FLNKS has since withdrawn and which stays fragile. This textual content supplies for the creation of a State of New Caledonia, with its personal nationality, however included within the French Constitution. It additionally includes the postponement of provincial elections till mid-2026, a vital deadline within the native political steadiness.
“We must continue to discuss, and I will continue to discuss with the FLNKS by committing to the fact that in October, there will be discussions or negotiations to prepare the amendments without changing the major balances for the constitutional and organic law”he warned. Manuel Valls referred to as for continued motion in abroad territories “one way or another, otherwise irreversible ruptures are possible”.
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