Overview

• The FLNKS political bureau formally rejected the Paris-brokered compromise on August 12–13, nullifying an agreement signed by both pro- and anti-independence representatives.
• The deal would have granted New Caledonia its own citizenship and control over foreign affairs while leaving security, defence and justice under Paris’s authority and no new independence referendum.
• Minister for Overseas Territories Manuel Valls announced a trip to Nouméa next week to hold consultations aimed at restoring the collapsed agreement.
• Australia’s Smart Traveller issued a high-alert advisory warning visitors of a heightened risk of civil disorder and potential violence in New Caledonia.
• The territory’s abundant nickel reserves, strategic Indo-Pacific location and reports of foreign interference have intensified Paris’s urgency to resolve the political stalemate.