Macron pressured to apologise for nuclear tests in French PolynesiaPresident Emmanuel Macron (centre) is making his first official trip to French Polynesia. PAPEETE: French President Emmanuel Macron faced pressure to apologise for the devastating impact of decades of nuclear testing as he kicked off his first official trip to French Polynesia. - 'Highest thyroid cancer rates' -Macron will be "encouraging several concrete steps" regarding the legacy of nuclear tests, with the opening up of state archives and individual compensation, a French presidential official who asked not to be named said. "We're expecting an apology from the president," said Auguste Uebe-Carlson, head of the 193 Association of victims of nuclear tests. One of three French territories in the Pacific, French Polynesia has a population of around 280,000 over a huge swath of island groups spanning an area comparable in size to Western Europe.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2021 09:56 UTC