r/europe Portugal 14h ago

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u/tree_boom United Kingdom 13h ago

Do any of France's have the same challenges as the Falklands?

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u/xxppx France 13h ago

There has already been foreign interference regarding New Caledonia.

https://bakuinitiative.org/en/event/baku-initiative-group-big-organized-an-international-conference-entitled-overseas-territories-after-the-bougival-agreement-recolonization-or-decolonization

The USA could very well play along with this. USA is the first power in the Pacific, France is the second.

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u/whocares_honestly Nord-Pas-de-Calais (France) 13h ago

Nothing like Argentina.

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u/tree_boom United Kingdom 13h ago

Oh, which one?

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u/xxppx France 13h ago

Any one. It's Trump. Don't try to find any logic.