Future of New Caledonia: Customary Senate Rejects Bougival's Agreement as It Stands

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In a motion, customary senators call for "discussion on an alternative project beyond Bougival", with reference to the text signed on 12 July.

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Nouméa, 30 August 2025 (AFP) – The Customary Senate of New Caledonia, consultative body for the representation of the Kanaks, rejected on Saturday in the state the Bougival agreement on the institutional future of the archipelago, stressing that it "does not recognize the identity and rights of the first people" of the territory. In a motion voted at the 25th Congress of the Kanak Country [...]