New Caledonia: Local executive and unions also divided over economic reform

On the sidelines of political negotiations that are expected to capture all the attention, an "economic and social college" will open on Thursday, July 3, during the New Caledonia summit organized in Paris. Far from the Hilton in Bougival (Yvelines), where the delegations will be holed up to find a political solution to the crisis that the archipelago has been going through since the riots of May 2024, the economic and social forces of the "Caillou" will meet at the Ministry of Overseas Territories, rue Oudinot, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, to work on the revival of a moribund economy . "Without economic recovery, without civil peace and without social justice, a political agreement would be lame," said Manuel Valls , during a trip to New Caledonia at the end of March.

The task looks immense for representatives of employers' organizations, employee unions and