Manuel Valls Put to the Test on the Ultramarine Dossiers

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The Minister for Overseas Affairs will be scrutinized at the "summit" planned in Elysée on Wednesday to relaunch discussions on the future of New Caledonia, following the solemn vote on the law for the re-foundation of Mayotte, which elected the National Assembly.

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The Minister of Overseas Affairs, Manuel Valls (left), and the Prime Minister, François Bayrou, at the National Assembly, 24 June 2025. JULIE SEBADELHA / AFP He knew the complex task and showed his stubbornness since his appointment in December 2024 as Minister of Overseas Affairs of the government of François Bayrou. But, at the beginning of July, Manuel Valls entered into the hard of his files, and saw his voluntarism put to the test.