Question 2531 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Philippe Gomès draws the attention of the Minister for Overseas Territories to the execution of Law No. 2017-256 of February 28, 2017 on programming relating to real equality overseas and laying down other provisions in social and economic matters. He recalls that this text aims to correct the disparities in treatment operated by the State between the overseas territories, and pursues an objective of real equality between the inhabitants of New Caledonia and those of mainland France. He invokes article 2 of the aforementioned law, according to which "territorial continuity means (...) the establishment or maintenance of a continuous and regular transport offer within these [overseas] territories and between these territories and mainland France", and article 8, which provides that "In New Caledonia, the convergence plan proposes the paths allowing a revision of the system of the territorial continuity (...)”. He invokes the urgent need to extend the existing territorial continuity system, in accordance with the letter of the law and the commitment of the President of the Republic. It notes in fact that the reform of the territorial continuity system resulting from the LODEOM law of May 27, 2009 was carried out to the detriment of the overseas territories furthest from the mainland, while tickets plane tickets are the most expensive. He adds that the criteria and amounts retained by this reform have led to the number of Caledonian beneficiaries being divided by 4, from 12,000 to only 3,000 people per year. Regarding internal territorial continuity, it notes that the law of February 28, 2017 relating to real equality overseas provides that a government report must determine the modalities according to which this system could be extended to New Caledonia for travel to the Loyalty Islands, the Isle of Pines and Bélep. In this regard, he cites the example of Guyana, which has benefited from an internal territorial continuity system since January 1, 2012. Ten months after the adoption of the law of February 28, 2017, he would therefore like to know whether the Government has indeed undertaken the work and reflections necessary for the revision of the global system of territorial continuity in New Caledonia.

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