Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Guyana, in full; "Co-operative Republic of Guyana" is located on the northern seacoast of South America. Guyana, formerly British Guiana, is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
You are referring to the former british Guyana, not to french Guyana.
The islands you are probably thinking of would be French Polynesia, south and somewhat east of Hawaii (Tahiti, Bora Bora, etc.). They are located in the general area between the Cook Islands and the Pitcairn Islands. They are part of the general Polynesian Triangle stretching from New Zealand to Easter Island and up to Hawaii. French Polynesia is a Territory of France I think. Could be wrong. Also possible what you are thinking of is New Caledonia, which is a French Territory. It is just NE of Austrailia and south of the Solomons and SW of Vanuatu (which is actually Melanesia instead of Polynesia). I have no idea though if either one is part of the EU.
Well, if french Polynesia is called like that...
You have two different kinds of french oversea possessions: DOMs, were the french administration fully applies. These territories are basically mini-Frances oversea, using the Euro, belonging to the EU, etc... the Reunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon (basically islands that have been french since the XVIth century) are DOMs. TOMs are more like protectorates, have their own parliament, laws (of course almost similar to the french one), but France is in charge of their diplomatical representation and defense. New Caledonia, the Kerguelen Islands, Wallis & Futuna, french Polynesia are TOMs. And don't belong to the EU, and have their own currency (Franc Pacifique, wich is tied to the Franc (now Euro), like the Franc CFA that is used in the sub-saharian Africa).
