In New Caledonia, Justice in the Face of Alleged Clientelism Abuses

The Centralist party of Caledonia together is accused of having set up a system of fictitious jobs with an electoral aim, relying on customary relays within the Wallisian and Futunian community. An emblematic affair on the background of political recomposition.

Paris, 16 May 2025 (AFP) – Overseas Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday that a French presence was "indispensable" in New Caledonia against China and other "predators" in the Indo-Pacific region. "We are in the Pacific, there are predators. There are other forms of colonialism that are instilling, notably through [...]

Manuel Valls defends a "conciliation between two aspirations: the link with France and sovereignty", notably through the creation of a dual French and Caledonian nationality.

The Foreign Minister was the guest of France Inter this Friday, a week after the failure of negotiations in New Caledonia.