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Why France’s Overseas Territories Really Don’t Like Macron
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In this video, we’ll take a look at the current situation across France’s overseas territories, why their relations with Paris are deteriorating, and what might happen next.
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Sources/further reading:
1. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/france-overseas-territories-macron/
2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/20/new-caledonia-riots-french-president-emmanuel-macron-state-of-emergency
3. https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20240416-second-massive-security-operation-begins-in-france-s-mayotte
4. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/un-experts-urge-france-guarantee-safe-drinking-water-guadeloupe
5. https://www.equaltimes.org/the-chlordecone-health-and-racism?lang=en
6. https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2019/03/21/une-nouvelle-etude-confirme-le-potentiel-cancerigene-du-chlordecone_5439289_3244.html
7. https://www.ft.com/content/b6320f67-3203-4d89-b853-d60c13e41178
8. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/le-pen-martinique-guadeloupe-french-guiana-macron/
9. https://www.equaltimes.org/the-chlordecone-health-and-racism?lang=en
10. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/23/france-election-overseas-departments-territories-macron-le-pen/
0:00 Intro
1:09 Context
3:37 Why France is Losing
5:43 What Next?
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Sources:
The EU’s plan to capture US Big Tech revenue
https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brussels-looks-capture-big-tech-through-tax-large-corporations-ft-reports-2026-10-07/
EU rejects France’s calls for an EU-wide digital services tax
https://www.ft.com/content/e5a76494-71df-4ee0-a85f-b28f2c94ded6?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.vatcalc.com/global/eu-holds-back-on-digital-services-tax-as-us-raises-retaliation-threat/
EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/08/28/the-commissions-foray-into-corporate-taxation-a-core-problem-for-the-eu-budget/
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/eu-budget-2028-2034_en#driving-prosperity-via-competitiveness-research-and-innovation
US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
https://youtu.be/85voZ2FJhZk?si=6jVOHTB5CBTKvigd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-exemption-oecd-global-tax-deal-multinational-companies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/08/oecd-deal-imposes-global-minimum-corporate-tax-of-15
G7 statement on global minimum tax
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/g7-statement-on-global-minimum-taxes.html
https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/canada-g7-releases-statement-on-global-minimum-tax-pillar-two-and-canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax
European Digital Services Taxes (DSTs)
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-europe/
https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/pillar-one-digital-services-taxes/
https://www.reuters.com/en/germany-seeks-levy-10-tax-online-platforms-like-google-2025-05-29/
Accusations of tax avoidance by Silicon Valley tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
https://itep.org/amazon-alphabet-meta-tesla-pro-trump-tech-companies-avoided-taxes/
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Sources
Diesel prices/components
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/us-diesel-sales-price-$-per-gallon-w-na-fed-data.html
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
https://www.ft.com/content/f117f347-e1e0-457c-83fc-ba4745581bb2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Fuel vs Dem congressional ballot
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/09/17/high-petrol-prices-could-hand-democrats-a-mighty-midterm-victory
Trump Truth Social posts
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117422699218841250
Zelenskyy comments
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/exclusive-zelensky-putin-trump-diesel-deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6141601-russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plant/
Laws
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6140830-fitzpatrick-bill-block-russian-oil/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6968
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-related-sanctions
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5025
Reports that Russia lacks refining capacity
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/why-is-us-turning-to-russia-for-diesel-despite-sanctions
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/SPEECH_26_1868
https://sieps.se/en/publications/2026/forging-european-strategic-unity-the-case-for-a-european-security-council/
https://www.martenscentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/european-security-council-blueprint.pdf
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-greenland-crisis-revives-calls-for-european-security-council/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/future-e3/origins-and-development-e3
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/the-consultation-process-and-article-4
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/european-security-council-between-strategic-need-and-institutional
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757822/EPRS_BRI(2024)757822_EN.pdf
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@bramobin
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
everyone dislikes macron😄
@CubedDimensions
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Sound mixing is a bit off in this vid
@magnvss
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
TLDR perspective: France voting Le Pen: "Far right, far right, far right, far right". France's overseas territories, voting overwhelmingly for Le Pen: "well, it's complicated…"
@sirsqueaksalot5863
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Vive la révolution
@holytriplem5959
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
"How many typos should we put into our slides?"
"Yes"
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
This video so many Misinformation
@4mb127
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
When you're talking about Sahel region, you really should also talk about Russian hybrid operations. That's basically most of the reason French troops were kicked out.
@infinitebeast5517
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Colonialism still exists in a different form today. Look at niger they get only 5% of the minerals they sell.
@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Maybe now macron will start seeing the ccp as a foe.
@goldenfiberwheat238
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a single positive thing about macron. Dudes gotta be the most unpopular leader of France since petain
@motopeter2409
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
ti sounds a bit hypocrstic, if they complain about colonialism and moaning for more money at the same time
@rennydesu
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
I hope metropolitan France becomes overran by foreign Africans and Arabs and eventually becomes an islamist caliphate ran by a non native majority. Because that's what France is doing to New Caledonia.
@lunkycultist5519
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
I dont want to be one of those people but imagin if the roles were reversed, imagine if french people rioted because the government was giving equal rights to black people, french people would be condemned for being racist.
@NathaliaNovaes-wo2zb
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
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@RedXlV
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
5:30 Odd that you don't mention those three countries are all ruled by military juntas. With the democratically elected governments removed, it's an open question how popular those anti-French juntas really are.
@bukhariapdelahi7072
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
who would have thought, people don't like colonizers it is that simple.
@hammerr3
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Who likes Macron?
@manhoosnick
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
New Caledonia : Haiti in the making
@CooperDianeBob
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
These territories should be forcefully taken from France. Its insane we still allow these blatantly form of colonialism to continue
@winedragon
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
2:59 says gdp per capita and shows gdp chart…wtf
@BN.ja05
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
I hope all the territories listed at 1:15 can become independent from the current informal 3rd French Empire if so they wish!
@scottmarquardt3575
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
The Somalian islands are kicking China out, probably because Australia realizes they're so important and is now letting their kids go college for free or something. The people of New Zealand have done a remarkable job of going back to Native genes.
@fernandofernandezjimenez9175
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
At this point new caledonia is more european than proper france
@Schnitzelfox
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
arent these reagions usually more rich than their neighbours?
I mean I totally get why they want to be indipendent, but they defently aren overlooked financially.
@lglg6950
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Don't forget certain powers also have a interest on France losing its oversea holdings. Russia and China are just two of them.
@BsBsBock
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Give up colonies!!!
@zenster1097
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Nativism for thee not nativism for me.
@plscometomychannel1007
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
They’re like Russia holding on to their minority republics 🤣
@deivydasjuonys6487
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Bartholemy, Saint Martin are colonies of French. Same goes with Great Brtain and it's colonies: North America: Turks and Caicos, Montserrat, Anguillia, Cayman Islands,Bermuda. South America: Falkland Islands. Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. British Virgin Islands. South Africa:Saint Helena. Europe: Gibraltar. Oceania: Pitcairn Islands. To me it is a British Neo-Colonialism not different than France. Because these territories did not become independent and do not had referendum of decolonisition.
@azurhadzinurbegovic4707
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
I'm speechless.Hope all will be under control soon.
@JhonNye96
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
*Colonies
@JK-qi7pp
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
To be honest if I were to live in an overseas territory of my country I would want local voting rights. In order to protect indigenous populations compromises must be found and most likely restrictions on what non-native citizens of overseas territories can vote for must be restricted. The most important issue is that the French moving to the overseas territories are far wealthier than the local citizens. If any of us were to witness large numbers of non-natives with wealth we couldn't dream of moving to our place of birth when we should be equals as part of the same nation then it is hardly surprising to see this kind of reaction.
Give French living overseas the voting rights anyone needs in their local community for a functioning democracy and ensure that the native voices are heard and properly include them in your nations wealth and you'll see the current issues disappear.
I wouldn't call Macron's foreign policy style patronizing so much as autistic. From all I've seen he's not saying no without reasons but he communicates in a manner shockingly unaware of human emotions.
@benjauron5873
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Marine LaPen is a Russian stooge. If overseas departments are voting for her, then there's NO WAY this doesn't have Putin's fingerprints all over it.
@kauz33
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Native people should be the only able to vote for independence of their country, not colonials. People thinking that this would lead to expulsion of european people are beyound moronic, a new nation would be born and then the colonials could participate in this society. It does say a lot that people thinking that the independence would lead to outward expulsion of people instead of cooperation
@MrDominicg90
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
It’s about time they gave up their colonial power
@anthonywilliammoreau5038
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Not a bad video but I dont agree with putting these 5 vastly different territories on the same page. They have very different reasons for their current displeasure.
@gonzaloalva126
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
To be fair, main French territory doesn't like him either
@jeremywilson2875
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Very bizarre to compare the states to France and not other states in the Region. So basically these protestors are demanding the right to establish apartheid states, where some residents are treated as 2nd class citizens.
@xaviersanson6604
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Why not talk of the countries behind those anti-french movements ?
Allegedly Russia, Turkey, Azerbaidjan, China, just to cite the one cited by most press.
Would not surprised me to find some anglo-saxon there too.
After all, it seems that all the ill in the world is because of France, if I were to believe the general messages of all presses, outside of French ones.
@ReversingTheDecline
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Shocker….A condescending globalist who looks down on the masses….Who would have thought?
@user-gr3uv7wy9f
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Are you ever going to talk about the rights of the british overseas territories in the uk 😊. I say no jealousy.
@BeedramWallatusk
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
5:28 no mention of the Russian coups and destabilization here is a major oversight.
@mech-E
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
The per capita GDP is ~5-10x that of the surrounding countries
@user-gr3uv7wy9f
May 24, 2024 at 8:17 am
Compare how mayotte developed next to the comores after referundum