The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, and her Senate counterpart, Gérard Larcher, begin a five-day visit to New Caledonia this Sunday, November 10. A trip which follows that of the Overseas Minister a few weeks ago and pending that of the head of government. Objective: put the State back at the negotiating table after months of crisis.
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“ They come to set the table before the real resumption of negotiations », Explains the rebellious MP Bastien Lachaud. Because the table has been deserted for months and we have to bring the guests back within a framework of negotiations. Even if it means innovating, explained Gérard Larcher to the Senate contact group on New Caledonia. The President of the Upper House wishes that “ all options are considered, including if they are new “.
Nouméa Accords outdated
For socialist senator Corinne Narrassiguin, the Nouméa agreements are in fact outdated, we must therefore find new common ground and Parliament will necessarily have a central role with a necessary constitutional bill at the end of the discussion.
But, for the moment, the framework is very shaky, worries Bastien Lachaud: the provincial elections have certainly been postponed, but – at the latest – to November 2025. However, the negotiations on the electorate are at the point dead and according to the LFI deputy, “ it takes at least six months between an agreement and a vote “. Not to mention the thorny and urgent debate on reconstruction after the clashes of recent months.
Barnier at the helm
In short, you have to go quickly but without rushing the different parts. A mission whose final responsibility lies with Michel BarnierMatignon having officially regained control of the file.
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