French President Emmanuel Macron called for some straight talking Wednesday as he met with the bitterly divided pro- and anti-independence camps on France’s overseas Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
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French President Emmanuel Macron called for some straight talking Wednesday as he met with the bitterly divided pro- and anti-independence camps on France’s overseas Pacific territory of New Caledonia.