France delays elections in New Caledonia ahead of constitutional reforms

France's national assembly has voted on postponing provincial elections in New Caledonia that are a prerequisite for constitutional reforms that are supposed to review the electoral system in the French overseas territory [ . . . ] The elections are crucial for New Caledonia, where the regional provinces hold a large proportion of the territory's powers. The postponement of a few months is the first – and least sensitive – stage in the long journey expected to reform the archipelago's institutions, against a backdrop of stalled negotiations with pro-independence parties.
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