The French territories of the Caribbean are too poorly built-in into their area, believes the Senate | EUROtoday

The topic testifies to the big persistent hole which separates the federal government’s proactive declarations from the fact abroad: the abroad territories, known as to trade extra with their regional house, in actuality stay locked in an nearly unique relationship with Paris and Brussels. The scenario, which isn’t unrelated to the excessive value of dwelling, additionally jeopardizes their future, warns the Senate. The abroad delegation unanimously adopted, Thursday, November 6, an data report on the departments and communities of the Atlantic – Guyana, Antilles, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. The delegation had already carried out the identical work on the territories of the Indian Ocean and can proceed it, at first of 2026, on these of the Pacific.

“The Caribbean has once again become a very sensitive geopolitical space and, thanks to our overseas territories, France is present, stable and credible in this region”underlines the co-rapporteur, the senator (Les Républicains, LR) from Val-d’Oise Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio. In phrases of cooperation, current progress has been recorded: opening of a French embassy in Guyana, new safety agreements, French worldwide initiative towards sargassum… On the political stage, furthermore, “the reservations of regional organizations towards the integration of French communities in America are fading, whereas until now they referred it to the colonial history of France and its membership in the European community regime”notes the report.

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