France in Indo-Pacific 1 NEW CALEDONIA IN BRIEF NEW CALEDONIA, A FRENCH TERRITORY IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC New Caledonia, France's largest island, is located 17,000 km from mainland France in the South Pacific Ocean, between Australia and New Zealand. It is made up of the Mainland and a group of islands. It enjoys extensive political and economic autonomy. As such, it benefits from the support of France, a strong guarantee in terms of stability, particularly monetary stability, while at the same time being able to plan its economic development independently. Located at the centre of a dynamic regional area, in the heart of the Indo-Pacific axis, its dual French and Oceanian identity offers a modern framework and a range of facilities for the development of projects. France, via its overseas territories in the Pacific (French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia), remains the only European Union representative in the region. The French President's ambition is to anchor France in the Indo-Pacific region, which is home to 60% of the world's population and 1/3 of international trade. France and security in the Indo-Pacific zone Indo-Pacific foreign direct investment stock in France (2017) - €35bn French foreign direct investment stock in the Indopacific (2017) - €108bn 5
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