A French gendarme stands guard near people calling for independence as roadblocks have been removed at the entrance of the Riviere Salee disctrict, in Noumea, France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest.A French gendarme stands guard near people calling for independence as roadblocks have been removed at the entrance of the Riviere Salee disctrict, in Noumea, France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
Relations between the French government and the FLNKS have been tense since Macron decided to push ahead with the third independence referendum in 2021. Despite the call by pro-independence groups and the Kanak people for it to be deferred due to the Covid pandemic and its high death toll. The tensions and loss of trust in the Macron government by pro-independence groups became more evident when Sonia Backes, an anti-independence leader and president of the Southern province, was appointed as state secretary in charge of citizenship in July 2022 and then Nicolas Metzdorf, another anti-independence representative as rapporteur on the proposed electoral reform bill.
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