for Paul Néaoutyine, president of the Northern province, “without consensus, the State is heading for failure” | EUROtoday

They signed the Bougival agreements in July 2025, then the Elysée-Oudinot agreements in January, texts which create “a State of New Caledonia integrated into the national whole”. Ranked within the average camp, the National Union for Independence (UNI) and its fundamental element, the Kanak Liberation Party (Palika), are cited as supporters by the federal government, whereas the draft constitutional regulation ensuing from these agreements might be examined on Tuesday February 24 within the Senate.

But Paul Néaoutyine, president of the Northern province and historic determine of Palika, determined to transcend his regular reserve to criticize the venture endorsed by his camp. Signatory of the Matignon-Oudinot agreements in 1988 and Nouméa in 1998, this former president of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) testifies to the delicate help of the separatists for the continuation of the method.

In the talk on the long run standing of New Caledonia, you affirm that the “fundamentals” of the Nouméa decolonization settlement “are not there”. What do they cowl at the moment?

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