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Originally Posted by Crawford
French overseas territories are the remnants of colonialism, as is true with overseas territories for all major powers. They are not the functional equivalent of states, at least not for any obvious reasons. France is a unitary country.
I see no reason why Martinique is more analogous to Connecticut, or Bavaria, and not USVI, or Aruba. The fact that they can vote for PM does not seem determinative. DC residents cannot vote for POTUS, while non-American residents living abroad, but with U.S. citizenship, can. That doesn't mean DC isn't part of the U.S. or a Japanese expat is really an American resident.
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Because French law doesn't view Martinique any differently than it does Brittany or Normandy. Nor does American law differentiate between Connecticut and Hawaii, despite Connecticut having been a state for 237 years, so far, while Hawaii has only been one for 66 years.
And DC residents do vote for POTUS.
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