The Congress of New Caledonia (french: Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), a "territorial
congress" (''congrès territorial'' or ''congrès du territoire''), is the
legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ...
of
New Caledonia. It has 54 members who serve five-year terms, selected proportionally based on the partisan makeup of all three assemblies of the
provinces of New Caledonia with a 5%
threshold. The congress is headquartered at 1 Boulevard Vauban in downtown
Noumea. Local media in New Caledonia refer to the congress as "boulevard Vauban" when referencing it.
Results of parliamentary elections
May 2019 election results
The political parties, aside from naturally being split based on socioeconomic ideological differences, are split along hard-line stances on possible New Caledonian independence from France. Both independentists and its opponents subscribe to various socioeconomic ideologies so the difference of opinion is usually rooted in favouring either
Kanak
The Kanak (French spelling until 1984: Canaque) are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. According to the 2019 census, the Kanak make up 41.2% of New Caledonia' ...
nationalism, New Caledonian
separatism and independence as opposed to
French nationalism
French nationalism () usually manifests as cultural nationalism, promoting the cultural unity of France.
History
French nationalism emerged from its numerous wars with England, which involved the reconquest of the territories that made up Fr ...
and New Caledonian
regionalism.
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See also
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List of presidents of the Congress of New Caledonia
External links
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Legislatures of Overseas France
Politics of New Caledonia
Government of New Caledonia
New Caledonia
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