Wait! Don't you use to live in Germany?

Guyana, French Guyana and Suriname should be merged into one country, it's ss.tu pi d that all 3 exist separately.

All the France colonies are poor and undeveloped, they exterminated the natives indigenous, and change them for African slaves. So much better that Spain conquered America and no France.

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The Quadros plans make more sense and seem less crazy when put in the historical context. Brazil and France had just had a diplomatic standoff of French ships threatening to enter Brazilian waters as part of the “Lobster wars” dispute, meaning France as a threat to Brazil was fresh in everybody’s minds. Alongside it the 60s were the time the French colonial empire collapsed for good, with the French army getting humiliated in places like Indochina and Algeria. They had just agreed to withdraw from Algeria, a place they considered an integral part of France before. So the precedent was there that France was weak and being forced to decolonize everywhere, and the motive was there as well as the port of Cayenne was being used to export gold illegally mined from the Brazilian Amazon. So although a bold plan that seems insane nowadays, it had some merit back in the early 60s.

To be fair, French Guiana is just a bunch of forest and and then Cayenne. Portugal was the heart of the Empire.

@@cassianoneto1553 "Humiliated in places like Indochina and Algeria" No ,not in Algeria ,they were utterly obliterated (99% of their force were destroyed) ,all they could in the end was terrorist attack (In which they always ended up killing on average 5 time more Algerian than French) ,De Gaulle gave independance to them due international pressure and national too (Military wanted to keep it ,but Civilian just wanted to let it go)

@@strasbourgeois1 No one said the retaliation was equivalent.

French military won the Algerian War, that's why there was a huge bitterness when De Gaulle decided to leave the area anyway. If it was in the 60s, when De Gaulle was in power, France would had fought back. Look at stuff like Bizerte crisis in 1961. When Tunisia tried to take by force a French base that was scheduled to be abandoned by 1963. Even small stuff like that was militarily answered by France.

But not the same as Central and western African Colonies

@@theoffsideArena There's no colonies anymore.

@@albevanhanoy Neo Colonialism*

@@theoffsideArena Not really. The discourse on it is very overblown and based on miscaracterisation of information.

@@albevanhanoy but they didn't have French citizenship

Aren't French Guiana residents already EU citizens before moving to metropolitan France ?

​@@candyneige6609 Yes, all French citizens are. Unlike Britain there are no “levels” of French citizen.

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions And it's the same for German citizens.

@@candyneige6609 Ah, Germany doesn't have non-European territory so why would it have different classes of German citizenship?

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions Ernst Thälmann Island is located in the Caribbean and is part of Germany.

St martin is an overseas collectivity, it’s french but it’s not (fully) France. When giving France population or area, DROM are included, but not COM. So yes but a actually no !

@@Leebpascal1 France is France 🇫🇷

@@strasbourgeois1 Tautology…

And Canada with Saint Pierre et Miquelon

@@Basilic361 No land border there

Exact

Stolen territory like Las Malvinas.

As with every territory, and every country. Wars of conquest were not invented in Europe.

Literally every single country in South and North America has "colonialism" as its answer. And pretty much every single border in Africa as well.

​@@zefyrisd69 and oceania... and technically Antarctica..... and most of asia..... Yeah most answers in the world are colonialism

If France is analogous to California, then what's analogous to the USA?

@@OC-CPA There is no equivalent in France, since the country is not a federation. There is only one constitution for the entire country, and the same laws apply everywhere. Germany or Austria, on the other hand, operate in a more similar way, since they are federal countries and could be more easily compared to the US as a federal state, I guess

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Did it change ?

Well, some more letters are capitalised than in the apparent original title, so it either changed, or you’re wrong.

@@BoraCM does it matter? you better not say yes

@@janaejoaodosacramento9731 ?

considering Germany is grey, italy is green and spain is yellow on his initial map wouldn't be surprised.

Maybe, the island is unnamed though but it seems very similar, and brutal

No they don't. They are not part of Great Britian or the UK. They are just a British overseas territory.

Not really the same, France and Britain have very different approaches to empire. The Falklands are an overseas territory, subjects of the crown but not parliament. Guiana is 100% french, no ifs no buts it is part of the republic

​@@barmybarmecide5390 would be interesting to know if those territories still pay taxes to the colonial powers. Either that or the gold etc. is slowly disappearing. Incredible when we thought the colonial age was over already

@@ashton1952 tonight on KZfaq genius, our first question: "do french citizens pay french taxes?"

I’m reacting to how beautiful the image is

@@KhAnubis Oh. Sorry, it sounded more like a rude shock to me 😅

@@KhAnubis Lagwiyann to bel bel bel Bel ti koté, nan lamazoni Sorry By the way it means "French Guiana you are beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful little place In Amazonia" in French Guiana creole If you want to look for the song, it's "Lagwiyann bel" by Lova Jah

There kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adiiksqBs73RdXU.html

Ya french space port is there.

@@TheCaptainSplatter that's why I said that

Yeah we black or creole..!

Don t need to be from France to be french

@@TheGirard62 Yeah but we don’t see ourselves as French. They see us as despicable (and African, as we are), mostly and France is too far from French Guiana. We would rather see ourselves as an Amazon people, Caribbean, African but Not French or European…!

"French Guinea" is an independent country in Africa called just "Guinea" since 1958. This video is about French *Guiana.*

​@@sohopedeco I also don't think you could convince France to give it up for money either considering their space agency there. I sincerely doubt they or the EU would want to move it to the Caribbean islands.

@@sohopedeco Sorry! The sounds and spelling of "Guinea" and "Guiana" are very similar!

We're not to sell my friend.

you see, the thing is that France doesn't own French Guiana, French Guiana is France. We are not going around selling our fellow countrymen like that.

I don’t think they will, they’ve been trying for a long time, but maybe there’s just no oil in French Guiana’s EEZ

They don t have much interest for now, both gold and oil deposite are kept in reserv for later, in addition there is lots of natural parc here

Same, but I think he’s trying to convey extra info that he missed or sometimes just make smth funny lol

Not just the pepper but the gold as well!

you are wrong and right at the same time. France is a multicultural country. In 1960 after all the independance, 60 per cent of the french didn't have as native langage french. Occitan German chti Briton Basque Corse Provençal Catalan ...for the european territory and créole and other langage for overseas territories. But french republic impose to all to learn french for decade. the use of french start with school and it's mandatory. It is forbid to speak an other langage in school. it's to have a lingua franca (same langage) in all the empire. For that reason, some country in africa kept the french even after indepance because it's more easy to communicate with your neigbourg if you speak their langage. So French and creole are their first langage. One for the day to day life and one for school work administrative stuff, and most important thing to communicate with the other french. To be president of the senate like Gaston Monerville in 1960. When you leave in a country typicali with time you learn the langage of the country. If you leave in Russia you will learn the Russe. French citizen can speak french

@@lionelmas6296 French as the language of education of France has a much longer history than that from my understanding. French was limited to the north of France until about the French revolution when efforts to francize all French citizens began and the French government has just tighten those screws ever since squeezing the other languages out of Metropole France. However, it apparently hasn't been as strong in Overseas France, mostly because there's some neglect that happens given how relatively unpopulated Overseas France is. There aren't even four million people in Overseas France from what I've read, which contrast with Metropole France having about 60 million people or more. However, I'd like to know more. It's an interesting situation given that France overall is such a rich country, yet outside touristy areas Overseas France can be quite poor, like most of Latin America or Africa. I wish I could ask people there how they feel about the French language, do they feel it is their language or just the language they need to do bureaucracy? Those are two different feelings which led to two different outcomes in cultural cohesion given how widespread the total area of the French Republic actually is.

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions here's your answer: noone is forcing us to speak french, but we need it to study , work , it's natural to us to speak french , we watch french television , and read french litterature , it is our language, part of us. They are many "creoles" that all sound different and are not mutualy intelligble , "creoles" are variants of french, they have been recognized as official languages two decades ago and are also taught in schools, but it's complicated because there is no formal "creole" , they are local contructs constantly evolving, some are trying to do as for french, officialize , organize and settle it , but with little success. The vast majority of us don't want independance and we don't have anymore right to these lands than anyone else , we are all "imports", mixed between former slaves , settlers, inmates, slave owners, it's all part of us. Actually what we would want would be more implication from the mainland because we feel left out since we Know France does'nt really want to keep us at all, they wish we'd have chosen independance, and we are a burden on the economy (exept for guyana because of the space laucher). Many non -french or even some french citizen don't get this at all , there is this romantic idea of independance , but many don't realize that french is as much part of what we are , our culture, rights, history , as anything else.

@@backintimealwyn5736 Alright. 🤔The way you talk about the subject gives me the impression that you aren't from French Guiana, but still from Overseas France in the Americas. I don't know, that's just how it felt, I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.😅 Anyway, how have creoles been made official when only French is the sole official language of the French Republic? Do you really think Metropole French, even those in government, think that Overseas France shouldn't be part of France? What gives you that impression when Metropole France is such a powerhouse that I don't think Overseas France is much of a burden, my opinion only. Also, I do agree that in the Americas we are all mixed. This is something not many of us seem to accept, especially in Northern America where there's this constant anxiety about the many skin tones and cultures that inhabited and inhabit this continent!

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions I'm from Mayotte, and lived in Reunion Islan in my childhood , not in the americas. When I saied "official" , I meant "legit" , an actual language, I don't know how to express it english. not only frenhc is "authorized" , only french is authorized in administration just as only english is "authorized" in the US, a country needs a common language. Local dialects are taught in schools , in overseas territory and in mainland France, they can count for our equivalent of the SAT's , we can major in them, and they are displayed on the public space, you will see the name of the streets written in creole or occitan, we have public channels and TV shows in our language. Why I think it's a burden? Because it is , overseas territories don't produce much; and a great chunk of the populations lives on wellfare, France has a very generous social system and a heavy administration, to maintain a western way of living , good hospitals and good schools it needs a ton of ressources. We can study for free, we have a "free" healthcare system" , families get alowances for raising children, women get money when they're single mums (which they mostly are), very often we don't even have to pay rent. The mainland pushes the idea of independance very often. I know it's counter intuitive and I see that many foreigners have misconceptions about that matter, because they don't know much about french politics and society.

Maybe because it would require a European Schengen Visa...

@@jadawin10 No, I think the main reason is because the French Guyana is an obscure country that nobody ever talks about just like Suriname

@@pia_mater You will still need a European Schengen visa. And I think that's one of the main reasons...

@@jadawin10 Sure but what I'm saying is that nobody goes to Suriname either even though it doesn't require a visa. That's because those countries are rarely talked about so many people don't even know they exist

@@jadawin10 Reality is nobody gives a damm about the Guianas, thats why, if they actually did, it would be a contested land

Because Brazil don't want to get nuked.

@@Limedea in Second world war you were under germans boots we dont take becouse It were not own objective and never be.

Is a part to france go and tell them what their country are and they are going to say France and demand them if they want to be independant they are going to say no they like france

So false the true answer was because they want to stay French

lose 1 points so the true answer was because they literraly vote to stay a part of France and they are happy

Your statement is inacurate in many ways, the UK and the netherlands , Italy , portugal and spain have overseas territories. France is not an empire anymore , the UN has settled it. The overseas territories made a choice to stay french , therefor they are part of the entity called "France", it's an atypical geographical situation , but it's not any more of an empire than Japan , the Us, china, Russia , spain, portugal , australia, the UK, India, Morocco, Israel. We have french citizenship, french-european passeports, we were born french , we serve in the military, have access to every single rights, healthcare , free universities, government benefits, pensions, most of us are public servants....

@@backintimealwyn5736 Denmark and Norway also have overseas territories.

​@@OpenCorridor-en3ox Groenlandia 🇬🇱

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@@jdbtabouret.218 it seems KZfaq is glitched it says there’s one comment but there are more

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It's in Antarctica.

​@@strasbourgeois1je croix qu'il parle de la Nouvelle Calédonie?

They don't want, get more information before talking

The ocean separates them.

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions maritime borders exist

True answer because they want to stay French

@@wakpuissant5780 who said?

@@yansideabacoa6257 them self and all their référendum. They Can still do it when they want but they don t want it

@@wakpuissant5780 you clearly don’t understand colonization. they are not french.

@@yansideabacoa6257 and tou cleary have an mentality of a colonize. You shit on their opinion thinking you know better than them. You Say they must have their indépendance event they don't want it, they Say them self they are french and you forget they Can have they indépendance when they want because they Can demand it when they want. You don t understand the concept of self détermination they Say they want to stay and stand with France but you just think you are better than their opinion and you just Say no because you just can't think even a second someone from the french oversea Can be pround to be french. French is not a skin color get out this racist Idea of your mind.

Never, The Portuguese kick your ass every single time

@@palheiro5560 France tried to take Brazil from Portugal 10 times! But, lost to Portugal in all. Many of these defeats were bitter for France to accept, since they were always the majority and more armed and still lost. They even lost to the natives. And they also tried 2 more times when Brazil was already independent. I don't know why all this focus on Brazil, it still happens today.

​@@tiagobaptista3082 these people have big eyes on the forest, of course

From who? If France keep this territories is because France make them pround to be french and make them love france. France is not like USA, Spain or UK france have a good relation with the local.

@@wakpuissant5780 😂😂😂😂😂 No lol. France exploited its colonies and their people, educate yourself on history.

@@mrowniii France was the only one to not exploit it and is for this France lose most their colonies from UK. The people of his colonies is still alive just they are integrated to France. You seen don't know france married with the local population

@@wakpuissant5780 😂😂😂😂 you got seriously brainwashed. France commited numbers of atrocities to local populations and enslaved them economically. Ask anyone from your former colonies in Africa. Also France lost lot of colonies to British because it had zero vision; imagine giving away North America and losing your strategical advance to British.

@@mrowniii Algeria was almost french because they integrate. For the other one de Gaulles hiver up Africa because they was to expensinve but their Is a lot of project of integrating Africa like a part of France And the subject was on France and America. Look the genetic of the french people who leave their you are going to see they Come from France or Africa yes but sometime they Come to america to because they are integrated with the french The only reason indeginous die in France Is because they are stick because european giving them différents virus. France was différent of usa, uk and spain. France was a différent vision they not massively populated and they not killing the indeginous they are more reason to integrated them because they are less number than the uk in North America and brasil or spain in south America

Less poor than brazil since thousands of illegals cross the border each year

Well its above the International Average

Lmao do you know how hard it is to get A passport? The country looks a mess, poor infrastructure and yet you think “ been a French citizen” is better?

Hardly in disguise, it's pretty obvious why being a part of one of the world's richest nations is a bonus for a tiny South American territory

they can't be french, they are french. they born french they rise french and they died french. there is no difference between Lyon, Toulouse or Cayenne

Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain

@@barmybarmecide5390 It’s definitely NOT a blessing in disguise ! France don’t wanna develop French Guiana and at the same time stop us from being an independent nation. Either we are French or Independent, we would be poor. So better be independent since we have our own culture, language and are ethnically different from French people ! And France stop us from doing commercial exchanges with neighboring countries also. So…!

It was the result of a poll

@@speedypichu6833 I know I voted for “Why is French Guiana part of France?”

Ok.

@@doctormatthattan which would be the right question to ask

@@doctormatthattan Fair enough, although I agreed with the people who pointed out that not everyone might know what French Guiana is. Best to play it safe for attracting larger audiences

You are first congrats!

From what I can tell, the first comment is the pinned comment by the uploader, you liar! It's two days older than your cringy comment.

Those places aren't France proper. They have other classifications. So it's 10.

@@eamonreidy9534 But they're still part of France nonetheless, so it's 12.

The Antarctic one isn’t really official and thus not really a part of France; I don’t know about the Caribbean border but others seem to say it’s more like a colony but it’s still French Also yes france is France

@@villagernewsletter3577 Saint-Martin is not a colony... They have greater autonomy, but are still part of France.

@@candyneige6609 Antarctica claim is not official thanks to the treaty. So no, not 12. Stop flexing your colonialism and cry some more about losing your precious Algeria

All debt that wasn t cancelled or frozen during the cold war were paid buddy -_- Fortunatly because without that britain would have to sell their entire country to pay the american back, britain borrowed 13 time more money to the us than the french mostly because of the second world war. Also france have some territory but french guiana isn t one of it, it s a full part of france and it became illegal for french ruler to sell part of franc since the 16th century

@@TheGirard62 Twaddle, and a very simple check of Hansard and the Congress Library proves that France’s loans have not been paid and not been cancelled, the only discount was the loan was halved. Meanwhile, Britain finished repaying its loan in 2015. The 1917 -1920 loans by France have nothing to do with WWII or the Cold War, what a load of dung suggestion.

Because we don't want to pay

Why USA don't pay us back they loans during the independance war ?

@@wakpuissant5780 America repaid the loans from France for the War iof Independence. It took 26 years and is well recorded . Anything else you need help with?

I think a Carribean country was thought of being offered to be part of Canada to be their "Hawaii" but it wasn't fully pushed, I think.

Costa Rica isn't poor neither and it's well managed, better colonize Haiti since they can't control themselves

@@koiue.g8709 Maybe why Canada put ships in their waters?

Costa Rica is a stable and relatively rich country. It would only really make sense for a former British/French colony to be part of Canada, such as Jamaica or Haiti

I know the idea of annexing Belize, Jamaica, and Bermuda were all floated, the last two fairly recently but also shot down because racism.

How can you say it s outrageous to claim another territory just after claiming à part of France ? We are french here you Know ? Every single Brasilian living here are illegals trying to escape poverty so let s be honest we won t join brazil willingly and if you try to invade France you will be nuked it retaliation

Brazil's originally a colony, too.