The Year 2024 In French Overseas Territories
Ask any person familiar with the geography of the Pacific world,North America and the Indian Ocean,the names of territories that use the French language as the medium of communication within these zones.In the case of the Indian ocean,the person will cite the name of Mayotte,in the Pacific zone,the name of New Caledonia will come up as well as that of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in North America.And the person will insist on the fact that Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is closer to New Foundland in Canada,than to the rue Oudinot in Paris,the government department that came under the ministerial supervision of Manuel Valls on December 24 2024.
Flag at half-mast in Metropolitan France after the natural disaster in Mayotte
Westjet Flight To Saint-Pierre-et- Miquelon
As explained by the author of Le Pouvoir et La Vie there is a special pride at all levels to have within the territorial framework,far away territories as visitors to the annual L'Autre-Outre Mer event usually discover.And in terms of communication link between Metropolitan France and this territory,the coming into service of a flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Saint John's at Halifax-Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon by Westjet remained a major event on the calendar of the year 2024.The territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon became a French territory in 1816,uses the Euro as a medium of exchange,the French as the official language, the maritime borders of the department are under the control of the French Navy.And a Prefect acts as the chief representative of the Government in the day-to-day work of Saint Pierre-et-Miquelon.
New Caledonia:A Political Reset is Insight
A possession that is constantly in the news and one example of such highlights was the rivalry between the group in favour of links with France and the group in favour of independence from France.A division that reached its peak with the fall of the independence group in the Congress of New Caledonia on the 24th of December 2024.And by coincidence,the nomination of Manuel Valls,as the Minister of Overseas Territories,on December 24 2024 is likely to change the orientations of the territory.As the new chief executive at the rue Oudinot was a top aide in the government that worked out the New Caledonia reconciliation agreement(les accords de Matignon in 1988) and another transformative agreement in 1998.
Mayotte:Rapid Reactions to the consequences of a Cyclone
Ten days before the political shock in the Congress of the New Caledonia and the nomination of a new head of department at the rue Oudinot.The cyclone named Chido in Mayotte caused 39 deaths,wounded 5800 citizens,destroyed properties,crippled public transit and turned cars into charred and jarred metals.A disaster that mobilised the territory elected representatives, the visit of Bruno Retailleau,the Internal Affairs,Minister and a presidential visit on the 19th of December.And another visit by François Bayrou,the new head of government made observers ask this question Let us see what will happen in terms of reconstruction by the middle of the year 2025.
