French Polynesia's anti-independence opposition has marked the 47th anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the South Pacific with an appeal to Paris to assume full responsibility for the tests' aftermath.
The A Tia Porinetia Party has issued a statement, saying France has not only simply a monetary debt.
It says the French republic has to own up for the real consequences on the Polynesians' life, health environment, economy and society.
The party says this is needed to turn the page and find a path to a common well-being.
It says the French Polynesian government has taken no clear position on the necessary revision of the French law to compensate test victims.
This come after newly declassified documents reveal that the fall-out from the atmospheric tests was bigger than previously admitted.
