Tag: Pacific French Overseas Territory

• Friday, September 13th 2024 - 07:37 UTC

  Why independence movements fail in French Overseas Territories

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago. France, by contrast, has a half million citizens in the Pacific (and another 2 million living in other bits of its former empire on islands in all the world’s major oceans).

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 06:09 UTC

  New Caledonia votes to remain French, but pro-independence militants are also celebrating

  

  Voters in New Caledonia have rejected independence and decided to remain part of France. Late Sunday night the French government released provisional results showing 78,361 people voted No in the historic referendum, while 60,573 cast their ballot for Yes — a margin of 56.4% to 43.6%.