Following the Noumea Accords of 1998, the last referendum on independence will be held on 12 December 2021 in Kanaky or under the name of the settlers in New Caledonia. The negotiations that have lasted for a week have drawn up the political agenda that could lead to the decolonization of Kanaky: a referendum on independence on 12 December and a two-year transition – until 30 June 2023-.

- Do you want Kalanga-Berria to reach full sovereignty and become independent? if the question is rejected by a majority, within that two-year period the political organisation to be followed by Kanaky is decided. If the yes win, however, the transitional phase will be to agree with Paris on transfers of sovereign competences. The organisation of a new referendum on institutional change drawn will have to be before 30 June 2023 and, finally, everything will be ratified by the French Government. Finally, it seems that once again Paris will have the last word ...

Paris happy, independentists watch the joy in Paris

A delegation of loialists and independentists met this week with the Overseas Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, and the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and the President, Emmanuel Macron, to agree on the days of 'yes' or 'no'. With regard to this third referendum, the independentists wanted it to be as speedily as possible, that is, by October 2022, while the loialists and the French State wanted it to be held this year, officially, not to be mixed with the French presidential elections next year. The Government has published its roadmap following the Council of Ministers on 2 June.

The position of Paris and the loialists and the main independence party of the Caledonian Union, UC, which has participated in the negotiations, has made its nuances public in a statement: "[France] The State has freely illuminated its position. The position of the State does not oblige us to yours, our representation has not ratified this position".

From one referendum to another, the vote for independence is on the increase. The first one, on November 4, 2018, was approved by 43.33% of the votes, compared to 18,500 of the previous one. In the second wave last year, 47.7% voted in favour of the 'yes'. In two years, the 'yes' rose 3.4 points and the difference between the two was 9,950.

In 1853 they were colonized by force and since then, despite moving from the colony to the special status community, the Pacific islands as a whole remain part of France. The Noumea Agreements were reached in 1998 with the aim of finding a solution to the conflict that has generated this colonialism.