Comment on New Caledonia: French marines deployed amid deadly unrest

umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is a weird situation all around.

  New law allowed French citizens who live there for 10 years to vote locally. This opens the door theoretically for a dilution of the vote for “true locals” but enfranchises others.

  I don’t know enough personally to weigh in but I don’t see a scenario where France comes out looking good no matter what they do.

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  • Donut@leminal.space ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I might be missing a lot of nuance, but living somewhere for 10 years should be enough to be allowed to vote locally. What was it before? A higher number or not at all?

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  • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    France has been carefully walking on eggs for decades with New Caledonia.

    They have been a bit less careful lately and cracked a few eggs.

    I don’t know much about the situation either.

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