| 31. | Administratively, R�union is one of the overseas departments of France.
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| 32. | The last five years have not been years of progress for the overseas departments,
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| 33. | The system also extends to French overseas departments and territories, and also includes Monaco.
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| 34. | None of the overseas territories opted to become overseas departments.
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| 35. | Martinique, a Caribbean overseas department, has three other voting representatives in mainland France's National Assembly.
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| 36. | Despite joblessness and relative poverty, the overseas departments are better off than their independent neighbors.
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| 37. | Juppe said all proposed government measures to help cities also will apply in overseas departments.
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| 38. | French overseas departments and territories include several Caribbean islands.
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| 39. | France's overseas departments and Spain's Extremadura region have a greater quotient of " have-nots ."
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| 40. | It became an overseas department of France in 1946.
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