Overseas territories, David Lisnard
Status and autonomy of the territories: Same local freedoms everywhere, no negotiated special status
Direction of change: change of another kind, or uncertain direction, compared with current law.
The lever. Institutional development of the overseas territories: autonomy, local powers, special status. Direction rule: ↑ greater autonomy.
« C’est pourquoi les libertés locales que nous défendons doivent être les mêmes pour tous. Des libertés locales étendues, partout, pour tous les territoires et une seule République. Il n’y aura pas de décentralisation asymétrique, pas de décentralisation à la carte, pas de statuts d’exception négociés sous la pression, pas de Français soumis à des lois différentes selon le lieu où ils vivent. »1Translation by the editorsThat is why the local freedoms we defend must be the same for everyone. Extended local freedoms, everywhere, for all territories, and a single Republic. There will be no asymmetric decentralisation, no à la carte decentralisation, no special statuses negotiated under pressure, no French people subject to different laws depending on where they live.
Words of David Lisnard, Discours de Bayeux (PDF publié par Nouvelle Énergie), 17 June 2026. Position taken from public statements, not from a written programme.
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Current law. Constitution: the DROM are governed by art. 73 (legislative identity, adaptations possible), the overseas collectivities by art. 74 (own status set by organic law) and New Caledonia by Title XIII. New Caledonia: the Bougival agreement (July 2025), supplemented by the Élysée-Oudinot agreement (January 2026), provided for an « État de la Nouvelle-Calédonie » [“State of New Caledonia”] and a Caledonian nationality. The constitutional bill, adopted by the Senate on 24 February 2026, was rejected by the National Assembly on 2 April 2026 (preliminary motion to reject, 190 votes to 107).
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Limits. No identifiable static budgetary effect. Transfers of powers come with financial transfers that depend on negotiation. The follow-up after the rejection of April 2026 is not verified at the date of the cost schedule.
- Constitution, art. 73 et 74: « Art. 73 al. 1 : « Dans les départements et les régions d'outre-mer, les lois et règlements sont applicables de plein droit. » ; art. 74 al. 1 : « Les collectivités d'outre-mer régies par le présent article ont un statut qui tient compte des intérêts propres » »
- LCP, « Nouvelle-Calédonie : l'Assemblée nationale rejette le projet de loi constitutionnelle », 2026-04-02: « Motion de rejet préalable adoptée par 190 voix contre 107 (relevé dans le résumé de recherche) »
How to read these amounts. These are static costs and revenues, with no feedback effect, over a full year: nothing on growth, employment or the revenue that economic activity would gain or lose. A higher net cost does not on its own make a worse policy, nor net savings a better one: each programme rests on an economic model (demand-led stimulus, lower compulsory levies, consolidation of the public accounts…) that the cost schedule does not settle. GDP itself measures a volume of activity, not well-being or the usefulness of what is produced. Economic models and feedback effects.
- Discours de Bayeux (PDF publié par Nouvelle Énergie), 17 June 2026, p. 11. Words of David Lisnard. Position taken from public statements, not from a written programme. Read the source (Discours de Bayeux (PDF publié par Nouvelle Énergie)).
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