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France's Macron Hosts Summit on New Caledonia's Future
NEW CALEDONIA, JUL 01 – The summit aims to resolve political deadlock following riots that left 14 dead and caused billions in damage, with leaders seeking a sustainable future for New Caledonia.
- French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a summit in Paris on July 2, 2025, to discuss New Caledonia's future with local political and economic leaders.
- The summit follows deadlock since the 2021 independence referendum and violent riots in May 2024 triggered by plans to extend voting rights to non-indigenous residents.
- Macron and Overseas Minister Manuel Valls have led talks and roundtables throughout 2025 to address political disagreements and socio-economic challenges in New Caledonia.
- The May 2024 riots caused 14 deaths, injured 84 security officers, and inflicted billions of euros in damages, prompting deployment of 3,000 security personnel and government aid.
- The summit aims to foster an open dialogue focusing on political status, economic matters, and societal reconciliation while Macron warned discussions would last as long as necessary.
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France's Macron hosts summit on New Caledonia's future
French President Emmanuel Macron invited New Caledonia leaders to talks this week on the future of the French overseas territory, a year after deadly separatist violence in the Pacific archipelago. New Caledonian elected officials, as well as political, economic and civil society leaders would be invited to the discussions to start on July 2. FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali has the details.
As a "summit" opens on Wednesday, July 2, convened by Emmanuel Macron, prelude to a new round of negotiations on the institutional future of the territory, Republicans multiply signs of support for loyalists.
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President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met with local officials in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago gripped by deadly unrest and where Indigenous people have long sought independence from France.
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