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The president of the government of New Caledonia, Alcide Ponga (left), the president of the Congress of New Caledonia, Veylma Falaeo, the deputy (Renaissance) Nicolas Metzdorf, the senator (Les Républicains) Georges Naturel and the president of the Assembly of the Southern province of New Caledonia, Sonia Backès, during a summit on New Caledonia, at the palace of the Elysée, in Paris, July 2, 2025.

The invitation to the Elysée on January 16 was coldly acquired by the separatists of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), against the Bougival settlement on the way forward for New Caledonia, however Emmanuel Macron may also should reckon with turmoil throughout the central bloc itself. “Relations cooled with the President of the Republic in July, when he proposed a referendum on independence-association in fifteen years. That doesn’t happen. We are no longer aligned, unlike what is happening with my group”asks the deputy affiliated with Renaissance, however who, in Nouméa, is among the leaders of the unconventional proper.

The Minister for Overseas, Naïma Moutchou, doesn’t discover favor in her eyes both, she who introduced the abandonment of the “advance consultation” of New Caledonians – supposed to place the settlement again on monitor with a tenable timetable – with out warning him beforehand. “We are fed up with permanent denials”annoys the elected official, who, all through the week, repeated to a longtime public his remorse for a “betrayed love for France”.

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