Ericka Bareigts

A discrimination too far: French overseas consumers pay double for postage

France

French citizens living overseas territories can pay between two and five times as much to send a parcel as their counterparts in metropolitan France. Now trade unions want to put an end to what they see as yet another “injustice” suffered by those who live in far-flung parts of France. Julien Sartre reports.

How France's approach to its overseas territories is stuck in the past

France — Analysis

For decades there has been a string of legal and economic initiatives by France aimed at improving the lot of its overseas territories. Yet as the current crisis in French Guiana shows, these measures have failed to have a noticeable impact on the 2.7 million French people who live in those regions. Julien Sartre reports on how an outdated model of development applied to these territories still shows no signs of being updated.

Paris offers 1 billion euros in aid to French Guiana

France — Link

The plan, which follows protests across the French territory in South America, entails sending extra police forces, creating a tribunal and a jail.