Guadeloupe

Europe's 4.3 million overseas

Trouble sometimes brews for those citizens living under the coco trees, in the so-called ultra-peripheric regions of Europe too. In January and February for example, the French from Guadeloupe and Martinique went on strike against high prices, whilst African migrants boats continued to dock on Canarian ports, the Turks and Caicos prime minister resigned under allegations of corruption and Greenland voted for even more independance. When it's so far away, Europe means something else

• Islands: some drops of Europe in the ocean
• The Bronx, another European overseas department
• Greenland: Europe’s arctic window closes up
• Martinique: European elections 'time to test the EU's social character'

Island fever: Martinique and Guadeloupe’s 'people are suffocating'

The fuse lit in Guadeloupe in reaction to high living costs and an alienating 'cultural integration' has ignited Martinique. Could French Guiana in South America and La Réunion in the Indian Ocean follow, before the flames reach mainland France? Opinion from a young Martinican

by M.Duranty @ // 23/02/09 - 6 Comment

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