The Future with Confidence (french: L'Avenir en confiance, AEC) is a

liberal-conservative Liberal conservatism is a political ideology combining conservative policies with liberal stances, especially on economic issues but also on social and ethical matters, representing a brand of political conservatism strongly influenced by libe ...

and anti-

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

electoral alliance of political parties in

New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign st ...

. It forms part of the anti-separatist and French loyalist bloc in the

Congress of New Caledonia The Congress of New Caledonia (french: Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), a "territorial congress" (''congrès territorial'' or ''congrès du territoire''), is the legislature of New Caledonia. It has 54 members who serve five-year terms, sel ...

. The alliance was founded in February 2019 as a common list for the

2019 New Caledonian legislative election Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 12 May 2019. Electoral system Voters elect 76 members to the assemblies of the three provinces of New Caledonia. In turn, 54 also become members of the Congress of New Caledonia. The electi ...

and contains an amalgamation of four political parties which include: The

Caledonian Republicans The Caledonian Republicans (french: Les Républicains calédoniens; abbreviated LRC) is a liberal-conservative political party in New Caledonia. The party's founding congress was held on 7 December 2017 at Nouvata Hotel in the capital Nouméa, bu ...

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, The Caledonian People's Movement (MPC) and

All Caledonians All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All al ...

. Ideologically, the group holds the common aim of opposing separatist and nationalist movements in New Caledonia by supporting New Caledonia's status as part of

overseas France Overseas France (french: France d'outre-mer) consists of 13 France, French-administered territories outside Europe, mostly the remains of the French colonial empire that chose to remain a part of the French state under various statuses after ...

. It supports the

Nouméa Accord The Nouméa Accord of 1998 is a promise by the French Republic to grant increased political power to New Caledonia and its original population, the Kanaks, over a twenty-year transition period. It was signed 5 May 1998 by Lionel Jospin, and appr ...

but endorsed a ''No'' vote in each independence referendum and urged for the referendums to be held rapidly in order to create a coherent anti-separatist campaign before each. Additionally, the group supports strict policies on security and law & order, and for all groups in New Caledonia to be respected and have rights.La1ère.fr avec l'AFP, « La Nouvelle-Calédonie teste le "modèle islandais" contre les addictions des jeunes », 19/07/2019, mis à jour le 01/10/2019, consulté le 24 juin 2020
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