Tag: French Senate
New Caledonia: Flags and emotions flying high over proposed changes
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's capital was on Saturday flooded by two simultaneous waves of French and Kanaky flags...
Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and...
French Senate endorses new election rules for New Caledonia – but...
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific
The French Senate has endorsed a Constitutional review project bearing significant modifications to the local...
New Caledonia’s Backès resigns from French govt after losing Senate vote
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
A prominent pro-France leader in New Caledonia, Sonia Backès, has resigned from the French government after a...
FLNKS mayor wins run-off poll to take unprecedented French Senate seat
By Nic Maclellan
In a major electoral upset, Kanak independence politician Robert Xowie has won one of Kanaky New Caledonia’s two seats in the French...
New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race
RNZ News
A New Caledonian anti-independence candidate has withdrawn from the race for a seat in the French National Assembly just hours before nominations closed.
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