La Nouvelle-Calédonie : vivre l’accord de Nouméa
Jean-Yves Faberon
With the Matignon agreements (June 1988) the polemical question of self-determination for New Caledonia had been put off for ten years. The Nouméa agreements
of 1998 set out arrangements for a new period lasting between fifteen to twenty years.
A regime based upon ‘shared sovereignty’has been put in place creating a link of a
federal nature between France and New Caledonia, the latter in future having its own
form of citizenship and legislative power. More than four years have passed since the
signing of this agreement which allows now for an analysis of the institutions, the
principles which underpin them and their functioning.
• L’ACQUIS
— Les principes
— Les faits
• LES PERSPECTIVES
— L’ampleur du programme
— Les incertitudes