The Senate adopted on Tuesday February 24 by 215 votes to 41 the constitutional invoice which creates a State of New Caledonia enshrined within the French Constitution. This textual content can be despatched to the Assembly on the finish of March, the place it must be rejected for lack of a majority.
The venture, which has been criticized on all sides, is meant to be the interpretation of the Bougival settlement, signed in July 2025 between separatists and non-separatists to provide a standing “perennial” to the territory, however which was subsequently rejected by the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS). The invoice additionally contains the Elysée-Oudinot settlement signed on January 19, with out the FLNKS – a complement which primarily established an financial pact between the State and the territory.
The Prime Minister insisted on being on the bench throughout this session. He started by defending his personal report on the difficulty, as abroad minister. The consequence can be extremely contested, on each the left and the appropriate: it was marked on the finish of 2021 by a 3rd referendum on independence which, boycotted by Kanak voters, completely blocked the difficulty. “Three times the Caledonians said yes to remaining in France (…) The three majority yes votes in the referendum testify to a renewed desire to form a nation, a condition for remaining in the Republic”regardless of all the pieces, affirmed Sébastien Lecornu.
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