Pro-independence parties boycotted last year’s referendum on a split from France, arguing Covid made campaigning too difficult
A prominent New Caledonian indigenous party has said that if France wants to have an economic and political stake in the Pacific – as China’s influence in the region rises to “omnipresence” – it needs to granta fourth referendum on independence and treat the Pacific island as a partner, rather than a colony.
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