New Caledonia was hit by mass riots in May 2024, triggered by France's plans to give thousands of non-indigenous long-term residents voting rights. View on euronews ...

The agreement — hailed by President Emmanuel Macron as ″historic'' — still needs final approval in New Caledonia, a nickel-rich archipelago east of Australia and 10 time zones away from Paris.

France and New Caledonia announced an agreement on Saturday that would give the semiautonomous Pacific territory more freedoms but stops short of granting it independence, more than a year after ...