France extends local voting rights to 10yr residents of New Caledonia, responds to resulting riots by banning public demonstrations & TikTok

protests against changes to the election laws that turned violent and have left four people dead

At least these people know how to fricking protest. Those college students should take notes.

allowing white French citizens without longstanding generational ties to New Caledonia the ability to dilute the votes of Indigenous people from the islands, who are more likely to favor independence.

My land my laws sweaty

I love learning about random European colonial possessions because invariably the best thing about the place is that it's a European colonial possession.

Daniel Goa, a pro-independence party leader in New Caledonia, condemned any looting while urging young people to go home, but pointed out the anger at the heart of the riots

lol, couldn't help themselves.

Well, I hope France dilutes their votes with immigrants from the mainland. It's a euro tradition anyway, so why get all uppity about it?