French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to New Caledonia has been marked by significant unrest and violence, driven by proposed electoral reforms. Macron's one-day visit aimed to address the destruction caused by deadly riots and to call for a return to peace. The French Pacific territory, which is the world's third-largest producer of nickel, has seen mass protests against electoral changes that would expand voting rights for settlers and weaken the indigenous Kanak vote. Macron has postponed the reforms and given parties several weeks to reach an agreement. Additionally, Macron's visit highlighted the widening inequalities on the island. A 48-year-old man was shot dead by police a day after Macron's visit, and the first French tourists have been evacuated amid the unrest. Authorities reported a relatively calm night following Macron's visit.
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Macron Insists Reform Will Take Place in New Caledonia Against Will of Indigenous Population https://t.co/XksnbfjEaL
First French tourists evacuated from New Caledonia amid unrest ➡️ https://t.co/rFPXENwM7T https://t.co/SNHqQKimin
French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to delay changes to the territory's electoral laws, which have fuelled the deadly riots. https://t.co/JVakPDCTpu
❗️Pogroms in New Caledonia - how events are developing 🇫🇷💥Unrest in one of France's overseas territories is still ongoing and is forcing experts of all stripes to abandon optimism about its outcome. Let us recall that the cause of the riots is Paris’s decision to allow French… https://t.co/vo66WrQBCh
Macron Visits New Caledonia, Insists Reform Will Take Place Against Will of Indigenous Population https://t.co/XksnbfjEaL
Emmanuel Macron’s emergency dash to New Caledonia is a measure of how seriously France takes the troubled nickel-rich islands https://t.co/IW03EPG4nb 👇
The recent sharpening of international rivalries has an impact all over the world—even in far-flung parts of the Pacific. It now seems to have encouraged outsiders to pick at old wounds in New Caledonia https://t.co/oVFKncVyhr 👇
A 48-year-old man has been shot dead by police in #NewCaledonia, a day after President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the riot-hit French-ruled Pacific island, public broadcaster La 1ere reports, citing the local public prosecution office. https://t.co/yULRjgjrdI
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'Relatively calm' night in riot-hit New Caledonia after Macron visit, authorities say https://t.co/sJMbRVofjP https://t.co/sZu9JYyCHX
After meetings with both Indigenous Kanaks and the pro-Paris camp, Macron laid out a roadmap that he said could lead to another referendum for the territory. https://t.co/2tShwrkPcM
‘Not our president’: after Macron’s visit, New Caledonia’s Kanak demand their own future 🇫🇷🇳🇨 As expected, that went well…😂 https://t.co/lj1Ti4JbNb
French President Emmanuel Macron said on a visit to New Caledonia on Thursday that inequalities had widened on the French-ruled Pacific archipelago. https://t.co/w06p1J5ekq
Further complicating matters, disputes of the far away Armenia and Azerbaijan have had some effect on these recent developments in New Caledonia, writes @artinthinks https://t.co/8GiJGSpHcJ
Macron postpones change in voting rules in New Caledonia https://t.co/ODlk1G5Oxv via @Newsbaum_ https://t.co/pwQQCDkEsK
After just 18 hours on the ground in #NewCaledonia, French President Emmanuel #Macron has captured the headlines, but failed in his mission. He flew out in the early morning (Noumea time), after meeting separately with independence leaders and three conservative parties. THREAD https://t.co/RQxF91bJv9
Opinion: Macron battles Russian and Chinese interference as New Caledonia erupts in violence https://t.co/YaMFw5gqfQ
BREAKING: French Pres. Macron backs down from imposing an unpopular voting law in New Caledonia that sparked a major revolt. @EugenePuryear explains why France wants to expand voting rights for settlers, weaken the indigenous Kanak vote and tighten its grip on the colony. https://t.co/bkv8YbkI8L
Macron halts reform that sparked island 'insurrection' https://t.co/kM4sarWt6V
France lost control of parts of New Caledonia so Macron is visiting to call for a "return to peace" in world’s third-largest producer of critical EV metal nickel. https://t.co/cfOcKN3fXa
Emmanuel Macron has rejected electoral reform in New Caledonia “by force,” giving the parties several weeks to work out an agreement amid the unrest https://t.co/3TVuZ5cc0d
The one-day visit by President Macron will allow him to see firsthand the destruction from deadly violence over electoral reforms in the French Pacific territory. https://t.co/Jm5CYe4P4N
🇳🇨 New Caledonia uprising puts France and Australia on geopolitical collision course Both countries want to have the small Pacific archipelago in their sphere of influence. If France fails to crack down the mass riots and protests, Australia could very well step in and take… https://t.co/MtmU4djzV3
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