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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Macron: France owes 'debt' to Polynesians over nuclear tests
By DELPHINE BARRAIS PAPEETE, French Polynesia©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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lostrune2
All government said that too - including the USSR
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01034-8
"The nuclear sins of the Soviet Union live on in Kazakhstan - Decades after weapons testing stopped, researchers are still struggling to decipher the health impacts of radiation exposure around Semipalatinsk."
ReynardFox
Or, ya know, you could reduce carbon emissions to reduce climate change directly.
Peter14
Not the only debt on the French ledger. They own many nations for defending it through two world wars including nations from the Indo-Pacific region.
Recognizing a debt and repaying it are two distinct things.
Desert Tortoise
The indigenous Austronesian population of Taiwan is similarly disposed towards Han Chinese who dominate them politically and economically. Likewise native Hawaiians towards Haoles.
Pukey2
I got talking to some indigenous people when I visited New Caledonia. They did not have kind words about France. Le parc de la Rivière Bleue was a lot of fun, though.
elephant200
Macron should clean up those radioactive substances remained in the Pacific Ocean there!
This is how he should "DO" to pay his debts!
elephant200
Hypocrite at his best!
u_s__reamer
After more than half a century of injustice Macron's honeyed words of imperialist repentance will ring hollow UNLESS the Empire pays back.
Desert Tortoise
The independence movement is driven by the indigenous Kanaks who comprise about 40% of New Caledonia's population and who suffer with the lowest incomes and worst schools.
K3PO
In 2018, 56% of New Caledonians voted against independence from France, which is surprising.
Pukey2
I can't help thinking these ex-colonizers are only helping out because they don't want China to out-do them, not because they're doing it out of the goodness of their heart. The French government continues to be up to no good in the Pacific.