Macron Calls for June Talks to Break Deadlock over New Caledonia’s Future

France to hold new talks on New Caledonia future

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to convene talks in June in a bid to break the deadlock over the future of France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia, where deadly separatist violence broke out last year, his office has said.

Macron calls for June talks to break deadlock over New Caledonia’s future

French President Emmanuel Macron will convene Paris talks in June to resolve tensions over New Caledonia’s future after 2023 separatist violence, his office said Tuesday. The discussions aim to address economic, political, and institutional issues for a "shared agreement" on the Pacific territory’s path forward.

After the failure of the discussions led by the Minister of Overseas Affairs Manuel Valls, the executive seeks to bring together independents and non-independents around a new agreement.

The Head of State will invite "the stakeholders of New Caledonia to come to work in Paris from mid-June." He hopes thus "to reach a shared agreement on the future of the archipelago", between independents and non-independents. A year ago, violent riots had shaken the oceanic territory. - New Caledonia: Macron invites independants and loyalists to Paris in June to find an agreement (Policy).

Paris - The Head of State will gather the independents and loyalists in Paris from mid-June, after the failure of the recent negotiations on the institutional future of New Caledonia, struck last year by insurrectional violence

Paris, 27 May 2025 (AFP) – An invitation to Paris to relaunch a blocked dialogue in New Caledonia: Emmanuel Macron will gather independence and loyalists from mid-June, after the failure of the recent negotiations on the institutional future of the archipelago, struck in 2024 by insurrectional violence. "The President of the Republic will invite, together with the government, [...]