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French President Macron says he won’t rush through voting reforms that triggered New Caledonia riots

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By CLAIRE RUSH and JOHN LEICESTER
Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron has said on a visit to riot-hit New Caledonia that he won’t force through a contested voting reform that has sparked deadly unrest in the French Pacific territory and wants to leave time for local leaders to come up with an alternate agreement for the archipelago’s future. Speaking after a day of meetings with leaders of Indigenous Kanaks who want independence and pro-Paris leaders who do not, Macron laid out a roadmap that he said could lead to another referendum on the archipelago. Three earlier referendums between 2018 and 2021 produced “no” votes against independence.

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