19 January 2026
The Federated (or Associated) States of Oceania: a triple win project
Hello everyone,
The association is contacting you again this week following the upcoming rejection by the pro-independence parties of the supplementary agreement currently being discussed in Paris , which does not change the Bougival agreement in any way, except for a clearly proven blackmail by the State at the economic level with the transformation, in the event of acceptance of the said a...
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12 January 2026
Update (No. 5) comparative table 1984-2024
Hello everyone,
The association is contacting you again this week to share its comparative table of events between 1984 and 2024, updated as of January 12, 2026.
The document cited is below: Comparison 1984 - 2024 (Eng) - january 2026
Wishing you a pleasant read and reminding you that federalism is the only solution to reconcile unity in diversity.
The APROFED association
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5 January 2026
For a new territorial motto?
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is back in this new year following up on its last article (see For a new anthem? – APROFED ) which aimed to examine existing identity signs and the need to reformulate them in view of the events of 2024 and the current context.
This week, we are therefore returning to the country's motto : land of speech, land of sharing (cf. Land of speech, Land...
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29 December 2025
For a new anthem?
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is back in this last week of 2025, following up on its 3 previous articles on the country's identity symbols :
– of February 27, 2025 concerning the name of the country (see An agreement for a federated state of Kaledony – APROFED ),
– of March 3rd relating to the flag (see Proposal for a common flag – APROFED ),
– and of April 21 on the princ...
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22 December 2025
Melanesia, Democracy, Nationalism and Federalism
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is back in touch this week following its articles on France's democratic index. But what about Melanesia and its constituent states, namely Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji?
Although some states like the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are on the list of territories and countries whose democracy index is not calculated (see Democ...
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17 December 2025
The Bougainville case study
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is contacting you again following the dispatch earlier this week of a delegation from the FLNKS to Paris (see "The State must give us this full sovereignty", says Marie-Pierre Goyetche, member of the political bureau of the FLNKS ).
Determined to oppose the Bougival agreement project as it stands, the pro-independence parties have already obtained t...
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8 December 2025
Towards a revolution like in 1848?
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is contacting you again this week following the return of the FLNKS leader to New Caledonia who threatened to exercise his right to self-determination unilaterally if the dialogue fails at the FLNKS congress in the commune of Ponérihouen (see The discreet but very radical return of Christian Tein to New Caledonia ).
The association is asking itself,...
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5 December 2025
Is France a democracy?
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is continuing this week the link between France and democracy begun last week (see France, an imperfect democracy – APROFED )
Indeed, we had observed that over the past 15 years, it had most often been classified as an imperfect democracy rather than a full-fledged democracy.
But when did France become a democracy?
The term democracy , from the ancien...
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27 November 2025
France, an imperfect democracy
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is contacting you again this week following the decision by the Minister for Overseas Territories not to amend the draft Bougival agreement before the citizen consultation scheduled for March 2026 in New Caledonia (see Electoral body, version of the agreement… The questions raised by the announcement of an early citizen consultation | Les Nouvelles Caléd...
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25 November 2025
Federations currently being created
Hello everyone,
The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to present some ongoing global initiatives for grouping states in the form of confederations or federations.
Besides the European Union , which has still not finalized its transformation into a full-fledged federation, remaining at the stage of a confederation since the end of World War II , many states around the world a...
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