Tag: Polynesia
“Let it be done properly”… At Teahupoo, the Games always welcome, but under conditions
It’s not just the rain that has been falling for several weeks in Tahiti, causing floods and evacuations. An immense flood of criticism has also fallen on the organization of…
After her trip to Polynesia, Anne Hidalgo wants to make public the professional trips of elected officials
A thorn in the side to remove. This Thursday, the first deputy at Paris City Hall, Emmanuel Grégoire, announced that Mayor Anne Hidalgo would like to make public the travel…
A thorn in his side for the end of his mandate?
“The central question is that of a potential embezzlement of public funds for this trip to Polynesia, of knowing whether Ms. Hidalgo was off the mark,” says David Alphand, deputy…
Anne Hidalgo justifies her controversial trip to New Caledonia and Polynesia
The City of Paris defended Monday evening, in a press release, the trip to New Caledonia and Polynesia by Mayor Anne Hidalgo, criticized by the right-wing opposition who mocked the…
In Tahiti, the construction of a judges’ tower will be “a disaster” for the corals
This was one of the fears of the inhabitants of Teahupoo, when the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee decided that the small Tahitian village (1,400 inhabitants) would host the surfing event…
Separatist Moetai Brotherson elected president of French Polynesia
Moetai Brotherson, at the podium of the National Assembly, in Paris, December 2, 2022. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “THE WORLD” The independence movement continues to grow in French Polynesia. Moetai Brotherson…
A French Navy Falcon flies over two Iranian military ships off Polynesia
The maritime surveillance aircraft made contact with the base ship Makran and her escort west of the French EEZ. The Iranian tandem is circumnavigating the globe, a first for Tehran.…
Polynesia sends three separatist deputies to the National Assembly
The separatists have won the bet in Polynesia. The voters have indeed elected three independence candidates supported by the Nupes, including the youngest deputy of the Fifth Republic, during the…
French people living abroad and in Polynesia at the polls
Polynesia and the French residing abroad, some of whom have already been able to vote online, are expected to go to the polls this weekend for the first round of…
Strong abstention in New Caledonia and Polynesia, increase in participation in the West Indies
A very contrasting turnout at the polls overseas. The participation rate in the first round of the presidential election fell sharply in several territories, including New Caledonia and Polynesia, which…