Overview
- After four days of talks in Paris, five delegations signed an institutional and economic text branded “Elysée‑Oudinot,” while the FLNKS boycotted the meetings.
- The accord is presented as completing Bougival, reaffirming Kanak identity and endorsing a route to self‑determination through the organized transfer of remaining state powers.
- A related economic and social pact was signed at the Overseas Ministry on rue Oudinot, setting out financial support from the French state for New Caledonia.
- The constitutional package would establish an “State of New Caledonia” with its own nationality within the Republic and gradually unfreeze the electorate for provincial elections.
- The government sketches a tight timetable for parliamentary approval and a mid‑year consultation, yet faces declared Senate Socialist opposition, an uncertain three‑fifths majority, and the unresolved absence of the FLNKS.