“France’s overseas territories — left under French rule even after the end of colonialism — are integral parts of the FRENCH territory and give Paris a valued strategic footprint across the planet.”
However, the French Authorities have allowed the covid pandemic to get out of control on most of their overseas lands.
Only the other week Macron was larking about wearing garlands of floweres in French Oceania.
The aim of the governments rolling out this measure is to boost vaccinations against COVID-19. The region has been facing a surge of new infections blamed on the more transmissible and more dangerous Delta variant.
But the measure has been met by fierce resistance.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated across France last weekend, chanting “Liberty!” and describing the measure as “liberticidal”.
https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/27/critics-say-covid-19-vaccine-passes-violate-their-rights-europe-s-courts-may-not-agree
I would say, as far as the covid pandemic, that the government of France is not wining, they do not have most of the people with them, many of their people do not trust their government,they were slow off the mark with covid vaccinations, they have let their overseas lands slip dangerously out of control, with the pandemic.