"The results call for a lot of humility because the road is still long. This is the Republic, now it must be stable, it must be prosperous," says France's minister for overseas territories, Sebastien Lecornu, who called for "a great union of political formations" during a visit to Noumea after the third and final independence referendum by the French Pacific island of New Caledonia, who overwhelmingly voted to remain French, a result rejected by pro-independence groups who had boycotted the poll. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES