Thousands take to the streets of Nouméa ahead of French Parliament debate

Thousands take to the streets of Nouméa ahead of French Parliament debate

An estimated 2500 pro-France supporters took to the streets in downtown Nouméa, brandishing tricolour blue-white-red flags and denouncing what they described as "second-class citizens" treatment.

Thousands take to Nouméa streets ahead of French Parliament debate on New Caledonia

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Thousands took to the streets of the capital Nouméa on Tuesday — hours ahead of a scheduled French Parliament debate in the National Assembly in Paris to discuss the French Pacific territory’s political future. An estimated 2500 came in support of local Association Un Coeur, une Voix (UCUV–One Heart, One Voice) to oppose the prospect of the next local elections (to elect New Cal…