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

[–] azanra4@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Inshallah, they gain independence.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 years ago

Things not going great for baguette land.

[–] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago

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

Won't anybody think of the shareholders??!

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] vaguevoid@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 2 years ago

It's a French colony iirc

[+] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee -19 points 2 years 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 2 years 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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