ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
On New Caledonia, Barnier (here on October 1) scolds Macron for politeness
POLICY – Refreeze. Michel Barnier announces this Tuesday, October 1 that the provincial elections in New Caledonia will be postponed “until the end of 2025” and that the constitutional bill to thaw the electoral body, at the origin of the riots which ignited the archipelago, does not “will not be submitted to Congress”.
“A new period must now begin, devoted to the economic and social reconstruction of New Caledonia, to the search for a political consensus on its institutional future”further assured the Prime Minister, eager to get involved ” personally “ in this folder.
Reading this content may result in cookies being placed by the third-party operator who hosts it. Taking into account the choices you have expressed regarding the deposit of cookies, we have blocked the display of this content. If you wish to access it, you must accept the “Third Party Content” category of cookies by clicking on the button below.
Play Video
The head of government also indicated that a “ consultation mission » led by the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate, Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher, will visit the site ” shortly “. The President of the Republic should formally confirm his choice in November, during a meeting with the elected representatives of the archipelago.
Mélenchon applauds this “ liquidation »
A particularly well-received announcement, especially on the left, where there has been a struggle for several months against the plan to thaw the electorate. In the hemicycle, many applause came from the rebellious, socialist and environmentalist benches, a rare occurrence this Tuesday afternoon.
On social networks, Jean-Luc Mélenchon supports and believes in the same spirit that Michel Barnier “ reason to liquidate Macron’s disastrous policy in New Caledonia-Kanaky. » « It’s time to return to reason and responsibility », Adds for her part the environmentalist senator Mélanie Vogel, accusing the previous government of having “ created and nourished » anger for several months.
Reading this content may result in cookies being placed by the third-party operator who hosts it. Taking into account the choices you have expressed regarding the deposit of cookies, we have blocked the display of this content. If you wish to access it, you must accept the “Third Party Content” category of cookies by clicking on the button below.
Play Video
Since the spring of 2024, New Caledonia has been going through a serious crisis which has seen the mobilization against the famous reform degenerate into riots which have destroyed the economic fabric of the archipelago, left 13 dead, including two gendarmes, and caused at least two billion euros of damage. Coincidence, or not, of the calendar, a delegation of elected officials from New Caledonia was present this Tuesday at the National Assembly to attend the Prime Minister’s speech.
Also see on HuffPost:
Reading this content may result in cookies being placed by the third-party operator who hosts it. Taking into account the choices you have expressed regarding the deposit of cookies, we have blocked the display of this content. If you wish to access it, you must accept the “Third Party Content” category of cookies by clicking on the button below.
Play Video
