Actualités locales

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is contacting you today to send you 2 interesting articles that summarize quite well the evolution of the statutes of New Caledonia and the entire overseas territory since 1946. You can find these two articles at the links below: Timeline of institutional and statutory developments in overseas territories | vie-publique.fr New Caledonia: Chang...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week in the wake of the municipal elections which demonstrates, as with the legislative elections of 2024, that the 3rd way is not put aside (cf. The 3rd way is not put aside – APROFED ) contrary to what the current head of the local government, Mr Ponga, who was defeated in Kouaoua in the commune where he ran, had said. I...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back again this week to present to you this time Pierre Joseph Proudhon , French journalist, economist, sociologist, philosopher and politician of the 19th century ( cf. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — Wikipedia ). Considered the father of modern anarchism , he opposed the centralized state, imposed authority, and hierarchical structures as early as 184...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back this week to introduce you to one of the fathers of the concept of federalism in the 20th century, Georges Scelle, a Frenchman (see Georges Scelle — Wikipedia ). French jurist and professor of law, Georges Scelle is recognized as the author of the theory of the federal state (see Federalism — Wikipedia ) which, according to him, is character...

Hello everyone,   The APROFED association is coming back to you at the end of this week to share 3 articles detailing the advantages of federalism. You can find all of these articles at the following links: – The advantages and fundamental principles of federalism – Journal of Freedoms – Federalism, a recipe for an effective democracy – The Bull – 3.6: Advantages and disa...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is contacting you again this week following the announcement made at the end of February by the Australian consulate of the opening of excellence scholarships aimed at studying for a year in Australia for Caledonian students in bac+4 or +5 (cf. Excellence scholarships to study for a year in Australia | Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes ). Attached you wil...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is reaching out to you again this week during this crucial period regarding the approval or rejection of the Bougival-Elysée-Oudinot (BEO) draft agreement , validated by the Senate and to be studied at the end of March by the Assembly. In this regard, the association has decided to summarize here the main positive and negative points in its view of ...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is contacting you again at the end of this week following the publication of an article in Le Figaro by Sonia Backès which claims that the deputies who do not vote for the Bougival agreement will be giving credence to those who have destroyed everything in New Caledonia (cf. Sonia Backès: "The deputies who do not vote for the Bougival agreement will ...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is contacting you again this week following the Senate's examination of the draft institutional revision concerning New Caledonia, this Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (see Draft constitutional law relating to New Caledonia | Senate ) By chance of timing, the fate of another non-self-governing territory is also being discussed at the same time in Washi...

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you at the end of this week to share with you an article published this February entitled – EU: Macron approves an immediate federal leap with 5 other countries (cf. EU: Macron approves an immediate federal leap with 5 other countries, by Elise Rochefort ). We learn that during an informal seminar held at Alden-Biesen Castle, th...