Yes, I think we don’t acknowledge enough the tremendous injustice of Colonialism and the way it’s shaped the world today. France in particular never really gave up its empire. There are lots of colonies who were just redefined as ‘part of France’ without an restorative justice for the past. Others like French Africa were given independence as long as the former colonies agreed to use a Central Bank owned and controlled by France. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Central_African_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_of_West_African_States

All this discussion on here amongst folks who care about the corrupt influence of central banks, there’s not enough looking at the way France imposed a central bank on it’s colonies in order to keep control. 

In the case of New Caledonia there’s real tension between the indigenous Kanak people, the European French, and other ethnic groups. The Kanak want independence but aren’t a majority so when it’s come up for a vote, a narrow majority has voted to remain part of France. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_New_Caledonian_independence_referendum

Friends who’ve visited New Caledonia say they felt the tension of this being a segregated colonial society. 

Anyway, it’s part of France. 

Tahiti on the other hand has a much lower percentage of it’s population of European descent and only recently elected a pro-independence political party. 

https://www.politico.eu/article/french-polynesia-oscar-temaru-france-overseas-territory/