New Caledonia: Manuel Valls Leaves the Island without Agreement with Flnks on the Institutional Future

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The Minister for Overseas Affairs left New Caledonia on Tuesday without having brought the FLNKS independenceists to the table of discussions. However, the Bougival agreement, which he has held at arm's length since July, is threatened by the possible fall of the Bayrou government.

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Overseas Minister Manuel Valls leaves New Caledonia after a week of unsuccessful discussions with FLNKS independenceists, leaving the future of the Bougival agreement pending

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A new meeting of more than three hours with the Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste (FLNKS) did not change anything: the main pro-independence movement in Caledonia reaffirmed its categorical rejection of the agreement signed on 12 July in the Yvelines. On Tuesday morning, FLNKS "reiterated so

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The Overseas Minister left the archipelago without having obtained the FLNKS's support for the Bougival agreement, leaving serious doubts about the viability of the text. Manuel Valls closed on Tuesday a several-day mission to New Caledonia without succeeding in loosening the stranglehold of political blocs. The main independence movement, the FLNKS, reaffirmed his [...] Read more The Caledonian future in the impasse after the unsuccessful visit…