US EditionParliamentary Report Urges Paris to Apologise for French Polynesia Nuclear Tests
- On Tuesday, a French parliamentary inquiry called on Paris to formally apologise for the 193 nuclear tests carried out in French Polynesia between 1966 and 1996.
- The report highlighted that three decades of nuclear testing resulted in dangerous radiation exposure, causing widespread health problems among tens of thousands of local residents.
- The inquiry reinforced the committee’s belief that France must formally seek forgiveness from French Polynesia as an essential part of achieving reconciliation between the two.
- The report emphasized that the apology should go beyond a simple gesture or asking for forgiveness and recommended incorporating it into the 2004 law that grants French Polynesia autonomous status as an essential step toward reconciliation between the territory and France.
- The report’s recommendations highlight ongoing resentment, limited compensation to victims, and call for a commission to study archives of France’s nuclear testing policy in Polynesia.
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France should apologize for decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia: Parliamentary report
'It must be sincere gesture, fundamental step in reconciliation process,' says new report on nuclear testing, which took place from 1966 to 1996 – thirty years - Anadolu Ajansı
Parliamentary report urges Paris to apologise for French Polynesia nuclear tests
A French parliamentary report released on Tuesday called for Paris to apologise to French Polynesia for decades of nuclear tests that exposed locals to dangerous radiation. France detonated 193 nuclear bombs from 1966, especially at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls – leaving a lasting legacy of serious health damage.
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Insider PaperFrance urged to apologise for Polynesia nuclear tests
PARIS: Paris should apologise to French Polynesia for the fallout of nuclear tests there over three decades, which led to harmful radiation exposure, a French parliamentary report released on...
The Commission of Inquiry into Nuclear Tests in Polynesia until 1996 considers that Paris should ask for "pardon". MEPs call for this apology to be included in the law. These tests would have caused many diseases among the inhabitants of the atolls. - France must ask "pardon" to Polynesia for its nuclear tests, concludes a commission of inquiry (Policy).
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