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18 June

June 18th appeal to our Pacific brothers and to move to direct democracy for the provinces

Hello everyone, The APROFED association comes back to you on this commemorative da...
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16 June

The different forms of federalism

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following the intervention of the president of Eveil Océanien, 2 weeks ago, on the NCla1ere channel (see L’INVITE DU DIMANC...
10 June

Neither an associated state nor a confederate state, the French state said “no”

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following the intervention in the National Assembly by the Caledonian pro-independence MP who mentioned the term confederat...
05 June

When France is an obstacle to the federal transformation of the EU

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this weekend following France's rejection of the federal concept in New Caledonia during the Deva conclave, in the commune of Bourail...
02 June

Centralization and sharing of decisions, two compatible notions within federalism

Hello everyone, This week, the association is returning to the concepts of federalism and centralization with you. We have once again called upon AI to shed light on this issue through the follow...
27 May

Translation of the site into English

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is contacting you again this week to inform you that you can now read all of this news in Shakespeare's language. The entire site has been completely t...
16 May

Another path to decolonization: manumission? (continued)

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this weekend as part of the month of remembrance of slavery, the slave trade, and its abolition in mainland France and the overseas terri...
13 May

Towards a unilateral declaration of independence?

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you this week following the Deva interlude which did not result in any agreement regarding the institutional future of New Caledonia. Many peopl...
09 May

The true face of the French state

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is exceptionally coming back to you for a third time this week following the failure of negotiations on the institutional future of the country between loca...
07 May

The Iroquois Confederacy is partly at the origin of American federalism.

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this weekend, in order to continue its reflection of April 2nd according to which the federal system is partly derived from the tribal...
05 May

The conclave proposed by Manuel Valls: act 4 or 5 of the Caledonian tragedy?

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following the announcement by the Minister for Overseas Territories of the start of negotiations with a view to finding an ...
01 May

AI solutions for disagreements

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is contacting you today following the visit of the Minister for Overseas Territories to the territory for the third time and the risk of possible disagree...
29 April

The riches of Oceania and the need to think about them as Oceanians

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following Australia's announcement last month of 52 billion CFP francs in support for its metallurgical industry (see Aus...
25 April

Vanuatu citizenship as an example?

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this weekend following news from our Vanuatu neighbors on the topic of citizenship that could echo the one that is to be implemente...
21 April

“Respect, Equity, Solidarity”

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week on the country's identity signs. Following on from these first two articles on the name of the country and the common flag ...
17 April

A draft agreement that is not one

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following the AFP consultation and press publication of the confidential draft agreement submitted by the Minister for Over...
14 April

Update (No. 2) comparative table 1984-2024

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you at the beginning of this week to send you its comparative table of events between 1984 and 2024, updated to April 14, 2025, 11 months after...
10 April

95% of French people want a change in French institutions and the French Constitution

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this weekend to share with you a survey conducted by Ipsos and CESI Ecole d'Ingénieurs, dating from March 2025, on the perception o...
07 April

The proposed Federal Republic of Ma’Ohi Nui (Tahiti)

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you at the beginning of this week following the publication of the summary of the preliminary draft constitution of the federal republi...
02 April

The federal system: the logical continuation of the tribal and feudal model

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you again following the reflection of one of its members aimed at knowing if the federal system could correspond to the logical continua...
31 March

Reminder of the association’s project

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week, taking advantage of a new phase of discussions on the institutional future of the country opened by the Minister ...
27 March

What is the difference between a unitary, composite, associated, federal or regional state?

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this weekend following a question from one of its supporters who would like to know what the difference is between a unitary, com...
24 March

What about the colonization of France itself?

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following a question asked by one of our supporters regarding the colonization of France itself. Although it has been mo...
20 March

Role of the Governor of a Federated State

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is returning to you this weekend to inform you about the powers of the governor of a federated state, which the president of the government of New Caled...
17 March

AI response to the notions of fundamental law, self-organization, etc. applied to NC

Hello everyone, At the beginning of this week, the APROFED association once again called on the AI ​​to provide an answer, following Manuel Valls' summary document, to the following question: Wh...
13 March

New Caledonia: From the Crisis of May 13, 2024 to a Solution for the Future? by Joel Kasarherou

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week, which is promoting reading at the national level, to send you a new reading recommendation, namely the latest work by J...
10 March

For a federal France by Grégory Berkovicz

Hello everyone, The association is coming back to you this week to recommend two books by  Grégory BERKOVICZ , a doctor of public law, former associate professor at IAE Paris-Sorbonne, lecture...
06 March

Opinion on the State’s summary document and draft of a Caledonian Constitution by the IA

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you this weekend following the publication of the summary document resulting from the discussions held at the end of February in Noumea betwe...
03 March

Proposal for a common flag

Hello everyone, The association is coming back to you this week to follow up on its last article aimed at proposing not only a country name but also the name of the next agreement, namely: Kal...
27 February

An agreement for a federated state of Kalédony

Hello everyone, While negotiations are currently taking place in Noumea between the central government and the independence leaders with a view to moving forward on the basis of an agreement, ...
25 February

Reaction to the altercation suffered by the Minister for Overseas Territories

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is contacting you this week to respond to the visit of the Minister for Overseas Territories to the territory and the altercation he suffered on the publi...
20 February

Points of agreement and disagreement between the French state and the independence movement

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you this weekend to provide you, before the Overseas Minister's visit to the territory, with the IA's response to the question we asked it, nam...
17 February

What tools are available for mediation to get out of the crisis?

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you at the beginning of this week to provide you with the response from the AI, which we have once again requested, with the question p...
14 February

Holding, a concept similar to federalism

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this weekend to talk about a concept well-known in the business world, particularly among top bosses, namely that of the holding company,...
10 February

Join the Australian Commonwealth?

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to remind everyone, while all the elected officials are in Paris to discuss the terms of a new agreement, that there is an...
06 February

The MAGRAS Senate report and the intervention of MP TJIBAOU on 04/02/2025

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this weekend to relay to you once again a report prepared in 2020 by a senator, Michel MAGRAS, then president of the senatorial dele...
03 February

AI-generated agreements and responses to the Caledonian problem

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you on the eve of the negotiations to be held in Paris on the institutional future of New Caledonia. Having called upon certain ac...
31 January

New opinion on the “territorial federalization” project supported by the loyalists

Hello everyone, This weekend, the APROFED association is getting back to you following the meeting organized by the loyalists at the house of New Caledonia, in Paris, in order to promote their p...
29 January

The choice of BRICS+, a solution for some

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week on the options available to New Caledonia regarding its institutional future ; a topic that will soon be discussed in Paris ...
24 January

Information report on the institutional future of overseas territories

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this weekend to forward to you the information report submitted by the overseas delegation on the institutional future of overseas ...
20 January

Representative democracy is dead, make way for direct or semi-direct democracy

Hello everyone, The association is coming back to you this week to discuss the topic of democracy. The May 13, 2024, uprising demonstrated the failure of representative democracy . By haranguing ...
16 January

Updating our website

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you in this new year to inform you of the update of its website via the creation of a new section entitled "News". Find all the internatio...
13 January

Reaction to the fall of the local government and the appointment of the new one

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you at the beginning of this year to  respond to the fall of the local government on December 24, 2024, and the appointment of the new ...
30 December

New Caledonia in the light of French history

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you at the end of this year to share with you a series of two reports of approximately one hour each, published last week on France 5 en...
19 December

New Caledonia or the Gallic Rock on the Anglo-American playing field

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this week to share a series of articles from another association called "Les Yeux du monde" (The Eyes of the World), written by Yoann Lus...
13 December

Updated comparison table 1984-2024

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you this weekend to send you, attached, for information and archives, its comparative table of events between 1984 and 2024 updated to December...
09 December

The “territorial federation”, a divisive notion

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to relay an article from the weekly Demain en Nouvelle-Calédonie (DNC)  dated November 29, 2024 entitled:  “Territorial fe...
06 December

outline for the future status of New Caledonia by JJ Urvoas

Hello everyone, The association is returning to you to send you a report produced by the former Minister of Justice, JJ Urvoas, which in 2021 proposed an  outline for the future status of New Ca...
02 December

Dual federalism – a vision shared by A. Christnacht

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to forward to you a  report published on December 7, 2021 by Alain Christnacht, former High Commissioner of New Caledonia ...
28 November

New Zealand Prime Minister presents a solution for New Caledonia

Hello everyone, The APROEFD association is coming back to you this weekend to  share with you an article by Eric Descheemaeker, professor of law at the University of Melbourne,  published two we...
25 November

The loyalists’ “territorial federation” project is not federalism

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following the announcement made last week by the loyalists of a  project for a “territorial federation” 1  intended to be...
21 November

Federalism according to Pierre Bretegnier’s vision

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you to supplement its email from the beginning of this week regarding  Pierre Bretegnier's vision of "dual federalism." In this rega...
18 November

Evening debate on federalism(s) in New Caledonia

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week following the announcement made by the Les Républicains Calédoniens (LRC) party of the organization of an evening debate ...
11 November

The President of the Senate for shared sovereignty and very advanced autonomy without breaking with France

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week to send you  three recently published articles on the French authorities' vision for the future of New Caledonia and the ...
05 November

Another path to decolonization: manumission?

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week at the request of some of its readers in order to develop an idea already formulated in one of our previous emails dated O...
28 October

New Caledonian institutions must be a source of reflection for the evolution of the French political system

Hello everyone, This week, the association is coming back to you to share with you  two articles published in 2018 on New Caledonia by Bastien Vandendyck , current chief of staff of the current ...
25 October

Federalisms and New Caledonia – Actu.nc article

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this weekend to send you an article from Actu.nc dated October 23 of this year entitled  “Federalisms and New Caledonia”  which you...
21 October

Conference: Making a Country: Legal Creativity at the Service of a Common Destiny

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you to share with you the  conference currently being broadcast on the Caledonia channel, by Carine David, university professor of law, ...
15 October

Europe, New Caledonia, federations in the making.

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week with an  article by Michel Herland, former vice-rector in New Caledonia  in the early 2000s and director since 2018 of th...
07 October

Emmanuel Macron or shameful federalism.

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to share with you a  political editorial broadcast on Europe1 in May 2024 entitled:  Emmanuel Macron or Shameful Federalis...
04 October

FRANCE OFFERS ITS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES A LIGHT FEDERALISM

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this weekend to forward an article from the newspaper "Le Monde" entitled: FRANCE OFFERS ITS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES A LIGHT FEDERALIS...
01 October

The situation in New Caledonia: an isolated case?

Hello everyone, A remnant of the French empire and the time of colonization,  New Caledonia was thus included almost 80 years ago, in 1946, on the list of non-self-governing territories establis...
27 September

The different possible options for a political agreement

Hello everyone, Faced with the failure of representative democracy to find a solution to the insurrectional crisis that New Caledonia has been experiencing for four months now through a politica...
24 September

Federalism: a mode of governance demanded by many populations and states

Hello everyone, In addition to solution no. 2 proposed by the association, which aims to promote federalism at the level of the Pacific States with a view to establishing a “United States of Oce...
20 September

Difference between associated state and federated state

Hello everyone, We are coming back to you following the request of some of our readers to know  how an associated State differs from a federated State? As former Minister of Justice JJ Urvoas...
16 September

France, one and indivisible: an evolving reality (continued)

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you again this week on the theme of the unitary and indivisible framework of the State developed last week. To this end, you will find att...
13 September

France, one and indivisible: an evolving reality

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this weekend to send you an  article by Félicien LEMAIRE, professor of public law at the University of Angers , published in the new...
11 September

Review of Luc STEINMETZ’s speech on 07.09.2024

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this week following the intervention of historian and lawyer Luc Steinmetz during the NC la 1ere television news on Saturday, September 7...
05 September

Federalism under debate in the Loyalty Islands, within the FLNKS and in the Melanesian world

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this weekend to relay an article from Nouvelles Calédoniennes in which we learn that  J. LALIE, president of the Loyalty Islands province...
02 September

The APROFED association for legislative sovereignty

Hello everyone, Last week we saw the definition of a non-sovereign state. This week, the APROFED association is coming back to you to give you the  definition of a sovereign State . Althou...
30 August

Definition of a non-sovereign nation-state

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you as agreed in order to send you 2 links to help you better understand certain terms, such as “ non-sovereign state ”. Find a firs...
27 August

Summary and analysis of the interview with MP N. Metzdorf on RRB on 23.08.24

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is returning to you this week to  relay the interview with MP Nicolas Metzdorf dated August 23  of this year as part of the program “Transparency” on the ...
23 August

Federalism in the history of France and the American case

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you following the comments made by former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on federalism via the ITV NC channel, a summary of which we s...
19 August

Summary of interview with former Prime Minister E. Philippe on 08/11/2024

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you this week to provide you with  a summary of the testimony dated 11 August by the former Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, on current events i...
15 August

Map of peoples at the world level

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this week to share with you an interesting map from 2020 showing all the peoples spread across the globe. By zooming in on New Caledon...
12 August

Opinion on the thawing of the electoral body

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week after three months of riots, following a request from some of its readers and supporters who would like to know  our posi...
05 August

The 4 options offered by federalism to New Caledonia

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to share with you the four possible options that federalism would allow in New Caledonia: –  option 1  : a  federal sta...
04 August

Summary of interview with former Minister of Justice JJ Urvoas on 04.08.2024

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you to provide you with a  summary of the testimony given earlier this week by the former Minister of Justice, Jean Jacques Urvoas,  on current...
29 July

Detailed comparison of events from 1984 to 2024 + full text of the Matignon-Oudinot federal agreement

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you at the beginning of this week to send you a  summary table of the events of this year and those of 1984 ( Comparison 1984 - 2024) ....
22 July

Dick UKEIWE’s speech to the Senate in 1985 and Rock PIDJOT’s proposal for autonomy status in 1976

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to relay  Dick UKEIWE's speech, given during a session at the Senate on January 24, 1985. Reading this, you will be abl...
15 July

Notice on dissolution and partition

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you today regarding the situation linked to the  dissolution of the National Assembly in mainland France . If tensions emerge at the ...
11 July

The principles of federalism

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this week to relay an article from 2021 from the Union of European Federalists (UEF) on the principles of federalism, which you can...
04 July

The 3rd way is not set aside

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you to respond to the statement by the non-independence candidate in the legislative elections, Alcide Ponga, who, after the first roun...
02 July

No need for guardianship

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is returning to you this week on the economic issue and the absurd idea spread by some that the country is on the verge of defaulting on its payments and ...
28 June

A way out of the crisis through academics

Hello everyone, Following the failed visit of the President of the Republic on 23 May 2024, who apparently thought he would reiterate the Matignon agreements in the manner of Michel Rocard in a ...
26 June

Solution 2: a non-sovereign Caledonian federated state without France

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is returning to you this week to present its second solution, notably where France would refuse the agreement regarding the creation of a Federated State ...
21 June

Federalism in Caledonia as seen by academics

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is coming back to you this week to share the opinion of two researchers and university professors in law related to Caledonia on the federal solution put ...
17 June

Notice on candidacies for the elections of deputies

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you following the publication of applications for deputy positions in the National Assembly elections. Some readers have asked us fo...
14 June

APROFED on the website débat.nc

Hello everyone, The APROFED association informs its members, supporters and readers of the dissemination of its solution to create a Caledonian federated state on the website of the collaborativ...
10 June

Solution 1: a non-sovereign Caledonian federated state with France

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is returning to you this week to share with you one of its two solutions to the current conflict the country is experiencing, notably through an agreement...
07 June

The European Union and federalism

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you a few days before the European elections to share an article it has written on federalism and the European Union. Built to avoid furth...
04 June

Federalism: a solution advocated in Caledonia since 1977

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this week to share one of its articles on the only political solution to the current conflict in New Caledonia: federalism. It should ...
29 May

Libération article tracking

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is getting back to you this week to forward two articles from the newspaper Libération. The first one, dated today, notably recalls, via ISEE figures, ...
24 May

Federalism as a remedy for conflict (Caledonian)

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is back with you this week to continue to disseminate its institutional solution to the current Caledonian problem and to forward to you one of its latest...
18 May

Article from Les Echos

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is returning to you in these dark days to relay an article from Les Echos dated May 17, 2024, relating to the vision of neighboring Pacific countries on t...
10 May

For the future of New Caledonia, a third way exists: federalism

Hello everyone, In this year 2024, the founding members of the APETTIT, TRI SELECT and ALDENC associations inform you of the creation of their 4th and final site: APROFED, aimed at promoting fed...

International News

28 May

Kevin FIENI, bold proposals and social measures for a federal Ivory Coast

After more than a month of touring around a hundred localities in the Ivory Coast, Kévin FIENI, president of the PRO-CÔTE D'IVOIRE movement and declared candidate for the 2025 presidential election...
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24 May

The Case of the Chagos Archipelago

Hello everyone, The association is getting back to you this week following the announcement made by the United Kingdom these days of the retrocession of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, whic...
16 May

Why Syrian Kurds Want Federalism

Many Syrian Kurds view federalism as the legitimate model best suited to their country's future, although Ankara and Damascus, for their part, have balked at one word in the declaration: federalism...
10 May

Goulven Mazéas: federalism to ensure peace!

Although published in 1934, the work of Goulven Mazéas from Guingamp,   Social-fédéralisme, remains relevant today, particularly for its vision of solving the social problems of his time, which are...
10 May

“Federal ideas”, a path to “unblocking France”, according to senior civil servant Emmanuel Faivre

A senior civil servant, Emmanuel Faivre has worked in departmental bodies for over 15 years. Director General of Services for Haute-Saône for around ten years, he has been working alongside Christi...
09 May

From nationalism and patriarchy to federalism

If nationalism is the politics of division, war, oppression, and domination, federalism from a feminist perspective challenges oppression in all its forms and provides a viable alternative to exclu...
25 April

Genuine regionalization can be an opportunity for everyone

Unlike Germany or Switzerland, where federalism continues to prove its worth, France has suffered for ages from an excess of centralization that weakens it and often puts it out of the running. The...
18 April

Proposal for a federal state in the DRC

The debate on the establishment of a federal state in the Democratic Republic of Congo, relaunched by Olivier Kamitatu, former president of the Transitional National Assembly (2003-2006) and curren...
08 April

Swiss federalism: its origins and its perception by the population

Federalism is one of the pillars of the Swiss political system. Switzerland is a quadrilingual country that defines itself as a nation born of political will, as opposed to states characterized by ...
05 April

The draft constitution of the Federal Republic of Ma’Ohi Nui (PF) unveiled

At the Tavini Congress, the Tahitian independence party unveiled the broad outlines of its draft constitution for the Federal Republic of Ma'ohi Nui (present-day French Polynesia), once independenc...
05 April

Positions of a Pan-African: For the United States of Africa

Nearly 60 years after the independence of all African countries, some inhabitants of the continent continue to advocate pan-Africanism for the creation of a "United States of Africa." Read the r...
04 April

In Italy, federalism at the center of debates on European defense

On Saturday, March 15, more than 50,000 people gathered in Rome's Piazza del Popolo to express their support for the idea of ​​a stronger federal Europe. Read the rest of the article at the foll...
01 April

New Caledonia: what if the solution was a federated state?

The federal solution could form the basis of a compromise that could lead to a new agreement regarding the future of New Caledonia. The solution of a state federated with France – and therefore not...
14 March

The federalist newspaper “The Future of Brittany” is back

The newspaper "  L'Avenir de la Bretagne " is back in a new format. A Breton activist newspaper founded in  1957  by  Yann Fouéré (1910-2011) . Organ of the  Party for the organization of Free Brit...
19 February

Who will dare French federalism?

We must "decolonize the provinces," proclaimed Michel Rocard in 1966. Sixty years later, it is a Normandy elected official who is calling for nothing less than the transformation of France into a f...
11 February

Conference in Italy on the role of regions in building a more federal Europe

On 22 February 2025, a conference was held in the Aosta Valley, a region located in the heart of the Alps, between France, Switzerland and Italy, focusing on the role of regions in building a more ...
09 January

Federalism to renovate democracy and promote citizen participation

The UEF France, the Hauts-de-France branch and the Young Europeans Lille Métropole invite you to a federalist weekend on Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1, 2025 in Lille to explore avenue...
07 November

DRC: Lolo Lawrence Kyungu proposes the application of federalism

On the occasion of the closing of the national board of directors of his political party, the National Alliance of Kyunguist Federalists (ANAFEK), this Saturday in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Lawrenc...
03 November

Shaking up French-style centralism: urgent territorial reform

Is the French state too centralized? What about the other, radically different model: German federalism? Read the rest of the article at the following link: Shaking up French-style centrali...
23 October

In Lebanon, federalism or death

Faced with the inability to reform Lebanon "from above" through the central government, it is now urgent to save the country from the regions, which reflect, with few exceptions, ethnic and religio...
24 September

American Federalism: What can we learn from this political system?

American federalism governs the management of powers at the federal and state levels. Each party is autonomous and independent in certain areas. It is a system that has evolved over time and in whi...
11 September

Draghi Report: The Hidden Federalist Leap?

The report submitted to the European Commission by former ECB President Mario Draghi is not simply about the future of the EU's competitiveness. It looks more like a new federalist leap. Read ...
16 August

Cameroon: SDF calls for federalism

SDF leaders say they have been advocating this option since 1997. The implementation of federalism would have prevented the crisis currently facing the country's two English-speaking regions. The p...
13 August

Chad will switch to federalism

Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno wants to make his country a federal state. Read the rest of the article at the following link: Chad to switch to federalism | Africanews  
06 August

Spain pushed towards true federalism

The moderate Catalan separatists who won the regional legislative elections obtained full fiscal sovereignty (or autonomy) for Catalonia from the Spanish central government, gradually bringing Spai...
01 August

President Macron supports Western Sahara autonomy plan

Hello everyone, The APROFED association is once again contacting you to provide you with  international news that may be of interest to New Caledonia. Indeed,  the President of the French Rep...
21 June

An Occitan party in favor of federalism

Joël Encontre joined the Occitan Party in the 2000s: "It's to defend the autonomy and culture of Occitania." Founded in 1987, the Occitan Party is a member of the Regions and Peoples in Solidarity ...
14 June

A federalism project in Lebanon

The leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL), during a congress organized by his party, proposed a vision focused on the establishment of a federalism that would replace the current political sys...
23 May

Decentralization or federalism in a country like Haiti

The issue of territorial governance is crucial for a country like Haiti, with its 27,750 square kilometers and its capital, Port-au-Prince, grappling with major challenges such as the gangrene of a...
21 May

The Basic Law is 75 years old – A celebration for democracy

The Basic Law has formed the basis for living together in Germany since 23 May 1949. It is a success story: 75 years of freedom, peace and democracy in Germany. Article 20 sets out the principles ...
14 May

Decentralization, the French puzzle

France still hasn't resolved its relationship with decentralization. Forty-two years after the Defferre laws, Girondins and Jacobins are still at odds over whether to give more resources, and espec...
01 May

Should Europe be more federal?

Would the EU be stronger if it were more federal? If so, how can this be achieved? Is the concept of a United States of Europe making a comeback? Read the rest of the article at the follow...
30 April

Federalism is not a dangerous concept in Cameroon

As Cameroon's 2025 presidential election draws closer, Cabral Libii continues his political struggle. While favoring a post-Paul Biya political transition, the opposition leader also believ...
28 April

Constitutional Reform in Guinea: What if the solution lay in Federalism?

The need to reform the system of governance in Guinea is evident with palpable urgency, and Federalism presents itself as not only a logical solution but also a pragmatic response to administrative...
26 April

EU: Emmanuel Macron pushes to see federalist Mario Draghi at the head of the European Commission

The former Italian Prime Minister and former ECB president has the right profile for supporters of greater federalization of the EU. Read the rest of the article at the following link: EU: Em...
23 April

Towards a more federal Europe

In November 2023, a European Parliament resolution proposed amending the treaties to reform the European Union, moving it towards a federal Europe, according to some. Read the rest of the articl...
23 April

The requirement of federalism

For 60 years, the Breton Democratic Union (UDB) party has claimed to be federalist by nature and has therefore demanded greater autonomy for the Breton region. Read the rest of the article at th...
21 April

Chad: Beral Mbaïkoubou (MPTR) defends federalism as a path to development

Beral Mbaïkoubou, representative of the Movement of Chadian Patriots for the Republic (MPTR), shared the vision and program of the national president of the MPTR, Brice Mbaïmon, who advocates a fed...
31 March

The idea of ​​federalism in Togo and Africa

The idea of ​​institutionalizing a federalist and parliamentary regime in Africa is, for some, the system best suited to the socio-cultural configuration and political traditions of Africa. Read...
02 February

European federalism

To avoid  "the return of national egoisms" , Altiero Spinelli, Ernesto Rossi and Eugenio Colorni propose the construction of a federal Europe with a Constitution: the United States of Europe. Re...
30 January

Burma: After the junta, the fragile dream of a federal state

Three years after Min Aung Hlaing's coup, civil war rages on. Ethnic militia alliances may just as easily herald a federal democracy as they may carry the seeds of future divisions. Read the...
25 January

a “differentiated autonomy” for the Italian regions

The party of the head of government, Fratelli d'Italia, was decisive in the Senate's adoption of a reform that will strip the central state of many prerogatives and grant them to the regions....
17 March

Syrian Kurds organize themselves into a federation

The three autonomous Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Syria will be merged to form a "democratic federal" entity known as Rojava, led by a government. Read the rest of the article at the fol...