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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/2996e36128a3fe83 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-atomic-bomb-legacy/ How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Legacy - France’s Revamped Presence in the Pacific Must First Make Amends with its Nuclear Past Portela Giráldez, Ignacio eng 2025-11-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Compensation ECHR EU EU France Frankreich Nuclear Tests Pacific Pacific Islands Polynesia Radiation Levels EU Frankreich Pacific Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Pacific is becoming the most important geostrategic hotspot in the world. European powers are struggling to keep up, and have recently deployed naval forces to contain China. Yet, given the Polynesia’s nuclear past, where France conducted decades of nuclear weapon testing and hundreds of thousands of EU citizens still await compensation for radioactive fallout, addressing this legacy and providing adequate redress to affected military and civilian population is mandatory for any French or European attempts to legitimise their presence in the Pacific.