In New Caledonia, the Permanent Coup De Jarnac

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CHRONIQUE The agreements of Matignon, Nouméa and very recently of Bougival, fraudulently presented as mere peace compromises, have in fact established a process that inexorably leads New Caledonia to independence. For the most part, politicians ignore not only France's geostrategic interest, but also the will of the Caledonians — expressed four times! — to remain French. Yet we must know the facts that the historian of law and institutions Guill…

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On July 12, in Bougival (Yvelines), political representatives of New Caledonia and the French state signed an important agreement on the institutional future of the territory. How should it be interpreted? We spoke to Léa Havard, a specialist in constitutional law at the University of New Caledonia. —Can you explain what the Bougival agreement proposes, which mentions the creation of a “Caledonian state”? —First of all, we should point out that …