The end of the road for Macron? French political crisis
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There's a lot more to this. Today is the 24th September, the 171st anniversary of the French planting the flag in New Caledonia, and for the last 20 years has been a local public holiday - a celebration for the French loyalists and a day of mourning for extremist indigenous kanaks. Following the insurrection of 13th May 2024 by extremist pro-independence supporters, a leading pro-independence structure has stated that it will make a unilateral declaration of independence today in front of local, national and international media. It's basically a publicity stunt, with no formal legal basis, but tensions are high, particularly following the deaths last week of two kanaks wanted for the attempted murder of gendarmes, shot in self-defence during an operation by a member of an elite police force (GIGN). So there are 6,000 internal security forces on the roads, ready to intervene in case of trouble. I, for one, am happy they're there.
But I too would be interested to hear the C's vision of France, especially with regard to social policy. Macron's handling of the situation here has left us incredibly angry and confused. Aside from the current economic desolation, a small group of 30 terrorists (let's be honest!) have caused the closure of the one and only road connecting 14,000 people to the rest of the island for over 4 months now, and there is still no solution in sight, despite the calls from the blocked population for forceful police intervention to bring the criminals to justice. Would this happen anywhere else in France?