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12:25 : As in 2018 and 2020, voters in New Caledonia once again said at the polls that they wanted to remain in the bosom of the French Republic. Has Le Caillou finished with independence? Certainly not. Here is my report.
12:09 : Here is the main information at midday:
• New Caledonia voted no in the third and final referendum on self-determination. After the counting of 90.23% of the ballots, the no is in the lead at 96.32%. But participation is low. It was 41.60% at 5 p.m. local time.
• On the right, Eric Ciotti calls on the voters of Eric Zemmour to vote for Valérie Pécresse, “if they want to beat Emmanuel Macron”. On the left, Stéphane Le Foll deplores the “lack of speech, big proposals, markers” and asks candidates including Anne Hidalgo to present “a real project” .
• Nothing remains but three departments in orange vigilance floods and floods in the South-West: the Gers, the Landes and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The vigilance of Météo France has been lifted in the Hautes-Pyrénées.
• The novelist Anne Rice, made famous by her novel Interview with a Vampire, is dead. She was 80 years old. His son announced it on social networks.
11:56 a.m. : Emmanuel Macron will speak at 1 p.m. on the result of this third and last self-determination referendum in New Caledonia. The speech of the Head of State should last “ten minutes”, according to the presidency.
11:54 a.m. : The final results of three municipalities are still missing: Nouméa, Mont-Dore and Lifou.
11:53 : New Caledonia voted no in the third and final independence referendum. After the counting of 90.23% of the ballots, the no is in the lead at 96.32%, according to information from New Caledonia The 1st. But participation is low. It was 41.60% at 5 p.m. local time.
11:19 a.m. : We return to New Caledonia, where the counting continues, with new figures. The no is now largely in the lead with 96.1% of the vote, against 3.9% for the yes.
10:35 am : That’s not all: the opponents of the time can even meet again in the city council room. During the last municipal elections, the independence candidate managed to convince the former militia leader in Poya in the 1980s to join his independence list. Extract from our meeting : “We don’t want to shoot each other anymore. We have done enough. I want to show that we can work together, in peace, that we can do things together.”
10:35 am : You have to see it to believe it. In the 1980s, the commune of Poya was also shaken by what is called here “the events”, these months of violence between separatists and loyalists. Almost 40 years later, yesterday’s enemies meet again at the Post Office, at the gas station, at the store, at the doctor … Before the self-determination referendum of New Caledonia which was held this Sunday, I went there.
10:30 : The count is (almost) coming to an end. Some 84.2% of the ballots were counted. The no is massive, with 95.5% of the votes, according to New Caledonia the 1st.
10:29 a.m. : Hello or rather good evening! The first estimates are long overdue 😉
10:27 : Well, in my report on Hienghène, I told you that there might be an echo in the 10 polling stations of the municipality. This is exactly what happened. Results of the races: 2,500 voters … and 8 small voters this Sunday ? https://t.co/4pcGqfIMFM
10:27 : The separatists had announced that they would not go to the polls. They had invoked the impossibility of organizing “a fair campaign”, while the archipelago has been affected since September by the Covid epidemic and the Kanak population is plunged into mourning. In their strongholds, participation is very, very low.
10:24 am : Hello @ronan, last June, the Caledonian representatives and the State met in Paris. They decided that a “period of stability and convergence” would open after this referendum, before a “project referendum” by June 2023. If yes, this new ballot would focus on the constitution of a new state. If not, on a new status in the Republic. We detail these scenarios in this article.
10:24 am : What will happen if the no wins?
10:04 : Hello . No None. This is what the Minister of Overseas Territories repeated in mid-November on Europe 1. “Non-participation is a right in a democracy”, explained Sébastien Lecornu. “In our law, there is no compulsory voting, so failure to participate will not result in any [façon] on the legal sincerity of the vote. “
10:03 : Is there a minimum participation rate to be reached to validate the result of the vote?
10:04 : Hello @Caroline. We will know the first estimates in a few minutes, from 10 a.m. Paris time (8 p.m. local time). Emmanuel Macron will then confirm them in a speech expected at 1 p.m.
10:02 : The results of the referendum in New Caledonia will be known at what time? Thank you.
09:18 : Referendum in New Caledonia: the first results show massive abstention in the pro-independence municipalities. 0.6% of voters at Belep.Direct Numérique ⤵https: //t.co/yuZ4uMQxvr https://t.co/RcVVhWl2Cf
9:17 a.m. : ?Referendum in New Caledonia: polling stations are now closed throughout the country. The count has started. Follow @ ncla1ere’s election night live ⤵https: //t.co/yuZ4uMQxvr https://t.co/4s6SdX64Dz
09:16 : Polling stations closed in New Caledonia. The count has begun. Our colleagues in the 1st year follow all of this live.
9:10 a.m. : Hello @Caroline, the participation rate in this third and final self-determination referendum is 41.6% at 5 p.m. (local time), according to the High Commission. For comparison, participation at the same time was 73.68% in 2018 and 79.63% in 2020. You can follow all of this in detail on New Caledonia the 1st.
09:08 : Hello, Do you have any news concerning the referendum in New Caledonia: participation, result …
9:04 am : Here is the main information from this Sunday morning:
• Participation in the third and last self-determination referendum in New Caledonia is down sharply compared to the two previous ones. It stood at 41.6% at 5 p.m. local time (7 a.m. KST).
• The presidential campaign is in full swing this weekend. Anne Hidalgo holds her second meeting in Perpignan, a city run by the RN. The PS candidate is in difficulty in the polls. His call for a primary from the left rings in the void.
• At least 83 dead and houses in ruins as far as the eye can see … The toll, still provisional, is devastating, after the surge in the center and the south of the United States of a series of tornadoes of incredible violence .
• The new Miss France is called Diane Leyre. The one who competed as Miss Ile-de-France responded to criticism of the competition: “As a woman I want to show that you can be Miss France and a feminist (…) For me, feminism is deciding to do what I want.”