I've been reading up on the New Caledonia situation recently. Longer post and link to History Legends video here:
The interesting aspect to me is the possibility of Russia or China, both who are on a roll diplomatically, to intervene either diplomatically or militarily (by providing arms to rebels there, which Russia has openly threatened to do if France continues its lunacy in arming Ukraine). I would love to see the French get their just desserts this way (obviously don't want loss of life, but the Caledonians are willing to die for independence, and it will probably require that).
Among everything else in New Caledonia, the French are facing a similar problem to the Israelis: Under the paradigm they have supported and spread, it is immoral and oppressive for a nation of foreign, imperialist, wealthy capitalists to impose their will upon the indigenous peoples popular voice. Congrats, France, you just pwned yourself. You have no moral legitimacy to continue to rule New Caledonia, and the only chance you have is to hold on to some sort of economic arrangement with them for a few more years until the Chinese or Russians woo them away. But they will never be a French possession again. Even if you offer them French citizenship.
As for the French elections, I am extremely suspicious of the media casually throwing around the phrase "far right" and I don't consider Marine Le Pen to be far anything. Her father maybe. But she is about as "far right" as Mitt Romney. So I am cautiously optimistic when I hear that Europeans are electing "far right leaders." Even Victor Orban and Erdogan of Turkey, probably the most "far right" leaders I can think of today, are rather milquetoast and certainly nothing compared to leadership of the past century.
That said, I've always considered Greece and France to have the best chance of getting a truly different government. Golden Dawn was the most successful fascist movement in recent history. It has been successfully shut down as an organization, but what can you do about the opinions of the people that supported its rise? It's a constant struggle to deny populism in a democracy. France is the next best chance, and the people could go for it, but they lack a good leader. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see what happens over the next year. I suppose there is some chance Le Pen is secretly based and is waiting until a political victory to reveal her power level.
Far better options than America, where the least zionist candidate is the Communist Jew Jill Stein.