Macron Calls State of Emergency Over Protests in the Colony of New Caledonia : worldnews

[–] azanra4@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 1 year ago

Paris is actually quite close to New Caledonia…provided you go through the center of the Earth. I’m sure controlling an island on the other side of the world is a trivial task that the French will surely succeed in! /s

[–] fire86743@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 year ago

Inshallah, they gain independence.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 year ago

Things not going great for baguette land.

[–] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago

after pro-independence protests [...] disrupted nickel production.

Won't anybody think of the shareholders??!

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That map is hilarious! ~~Subscribe~~ Someone did that on purpose for sure!

[–] vaguevoid@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

macron is this concerned over a nation on the other side of the world?

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 year ago

It's a French colony iirc

[+] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee -19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like from the article they actually are protesting to give less people the right to vote. That sounds worse.

[–] LVL@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 1 year ago

Yeah, France is trying to expand voting rights to recent settlers because the indigenous community is getting closer and closer to passing a vote for independence. It's a desperate attempt to stop it. Fuck France

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