Tag: Caledonia
Balaclavas and fires: Why riots are raging in New Caledonia
Anger over France’s planned changes to voting rights in regional elections has led to New Caledonia’s worst protests in four decades. Buildings and cars have been set on fire, shops…
New Caledonia hits the campaign of the head of the Renaissance list
The violence in New Caledonia impacted the campaign of the presidential movement’s candidate in the European elections. Valérie Hayer had to adapt her agenda during the week: several trips with…
Riots in New Caledonia: “The only thing that gives me hope is the presence of the State”
The situation is calmer today in New Caledonia. The four nights of violent protest against an electoral reform passed in Paris have left their mark. The riots and looting “wiped…
after New Caledonia, this other time bomb for the executive – L’Express
Overseas, flammable lands. The executive, bogged down in the Caledonian crisis, is fighting in parallel on another front. Emmanuel Macron receives local elected officials and Mayotte parliamentarians this Friday at…
the first estimates of damage in New Caledonia – L’Express
“Guarantee rapid and fair compensation” for the damage caused by the violence in New Caledonia. This is what the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, promises. This will…
Russia, China, New Caledonia… How the French army is preparing for worst-case scenarios – L’Express
“Let us always think about it, never talk about it,” said Léon Gambetta about the lost Alsace-Lorraine. The formula has long defined the relationship to war of the leaders of…
More than 150,000 firearms for 270,000 inhabitants in New Caledonia? Surreal numbers
In the grip of violent riots which have already left several dead, New Caledonia has the reputation of having many weapons in circulation on its territory. What about it? Since…
New Caledonia is confused! Macron declared ‘State of Emergency’! TikTok is banned, France is sending soldiers
The death toll rose to 4 in demonstrations against the bill to change the voting system in France’s overseas territory of New Caledonia. It was announced that 1 security force…
In New Caledonia, the fear of a civil war
In New Caledonia, a state of emergency will be declared, in the face of an outbreak of violence. This French overseas territory, located in the South Pacific, was shaken by…
New Caledonia: already two deaths, an “insurrection” feared by the authorities
Two people were killed during riots in New Caledonia. The High Commissioner of the Republic, Louis Le Franc, judges the situation “insurrectional” and regrets a “deadly spiral”. There New Caledonia…