Overview

• Marine Le Pen has formally written to President Macron requesting inclusion in the consultations on New Caledonia’s future scheduled for mid-June in Paris.
• The Élysée announced that the talks will bring together pro-independence and loyalist parties following the collapse of early-May negotiations led by Overseas Minister Manuel Valls.
• Le Pen invokes her 40% vote share in New Caledonia’s 2022 presidential contest and her declared 2027 candidacy to justify her participation while awaiting her appeal on a five-year ineligibility ruling.
• She publicly challenged Jordan Bardella’s familiarity with New Caledonian issues, prompting him to affirm his expertise on ultramarine affairs and the territory’s challenges.
• Positioning herself as a moderate, Le Pen emphasizes economic and social priorities alongside institutional reform to bridge divides between radical factions in the archipelago.