2023-09-08 18:24:59
Emmanuel Macron brought together the separatists and loyalists of New Caledonia on Friday September 8 at the Elysée to “take stock” in the negotiations on the future status of the archipelago, announced the presidency
The two camps have already been received on Wednesday at Matignon. They had not directly discussed the future of the archipelago since 2019 and therefore the contested referendum of December 12, 2021 won by the no to independence, but boycotted by the separatists. It is right to “build in consensus and respect for all a new project in the Republic”wrote the Elysée in a press release.
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Emmanuel Macron had already brought together independence and loyalist actors in July in Nouméa to try to reach a consensus with a view to constitutional reform. But some of the separatists, notably political representatives of the Caledonian Union (UC), did not participate in this meeting. The president then said to himself “personally injured” by their absence.
Draft agreement on the institutional future
This time, all the players, including Gilbert Tyuienon and Mickaël Forrest, from the Caledonian Union, were present at the meeting. The government announced that it had put on the table a draft agreement described as” ambitious “relating among other things to the institutional future of the archipelago and the exercise of “right to self-determination”. Among the subjects presented by the executive is also the construction of New Caledonian citizenship.
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Discussions must also focus on the future of the nickel sector, a weakened economic pillar of the archipelago, even though Europe and France have enormous needs for it to manufacture automobile electric batteries.
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