what’s contained within the “Kanaky agreement” proposed by the FLNKS | EUROtoday

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Christian Tein, president of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), during the congress of the independence movement, in Ponérihouen (New Caledonia), December 6, 2025.

In a ten-page doc, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) invitations the State to debate New Caledonia’s accession to full sovereignty earlier than 2027, whereas outlining a attainable partnership with France. “The State acts as if we were not proposing anything, but we submitted this draft agreement to it in April 2025”assures the president of the independence motion, Christian Tein.

The FLNKS didn’t take part within the newest discussions on the way forward for the archipelago in mid-January in Paris, throughout which a “additional agreement” to the Bougival settlement, concluded on July 12, 2025, however since rejected by the FLNKS, was signed. He requires the group of one-on-one discussions with the federal government, with out non-independence supporters, with a view to “accession to full sovereignty” of the archipelago.

In current weeks, the FLNKS has nonetheless talked about, notably by means of the voice of the deputy and president of the Caledonian Union (UC) Emmanuel Tjibaou, the so-called discussions “Deva” which had been held in New Caledonia in May 2025, as a attainable foundation for the resumption of dialogue with the State. The abroad minister on the time, Manuel Valls, offered a statute establishing a “sovereignty shared with France”. At the time, it was the non-independence activists who left the desk.

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