Agreement
Bougival Accord, 2025
France and New Caledonian parties signed an accord proposing a "State of New Caledonia," which later collapsed.
What happened
On 12 July 2025, the Bougival Accord was signed, proposing a "State of New Caledonia"; it was later rejected by the French National Assembly on 2 April 2026.[1] [2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 12 July 2025, French Overseas Minister Manuel Valls and New Caledonian political party leaders signed the Bougival Accord in Bougival, France, proposing a "State of New Caledonia" within the French Republic that could, with a 36-member Congress majority, request transfer of further sovereign competencies (including defence, currency, security, justice, and legality oversight) and a share of foreign-relations authority, alongside a proposed Caledonian nationality alongside French nationality.
- Bougival Accord (Wikipedia) link, Bougival Accord content section. Source record
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Claim: Support for the Bougival Accord eroded rapidly: the FLNKS withdrew its support within a month of signing, and the Customary Senate, a major Kanak union and the Kanak Protestant Church publicly rejected it; the constitutional reform bill needed to implement the accord was rejected by the French National Assembly on 2 April 2026, cancelling the referendum planned for early 2026 and leaving New Caledonia's constitutional future unresolved, with provincial assembly elections required before 28 June 2026.
- After Bougival: New Caledonia's failed constitutional reform (Devpolicy Blog, Development Policy Centre) link, Accord collapse and National Assembly rejection section. Source record