Editing French Polynesia (section)

=== Relations with mainland France ===
[[File:Haut Commissariat à Papeete.JPG|thumb|High Commission of the [[French Fifth Republic]]]]
Despite a local assembly and government, French Polynesia is not in a [[Associated state|free association]] with France, like the [[Cook Islands]] with [[New Zealand]]. As a French overseas collectivity, the local government has no direct authority over justice, university education, or defense. Services in these areas are directly provided and administered by the Government of France, including the [[National Gendarmerie]] (which also polices rural and border areas in metropolitan France), and [[French Armed Forces|French military forces]]. The collectivity government retains control over primary and secondary education, health, town planning, and the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2012/10/french-polynesia-last-vestiges-of-frances-empire/|title=French Polynesia Battles for Independence|author1=Rachel Reeves|author2=Luke Hunt|author3=The Diplomat|work=The Diplomat|access-date=17 December 2015|archive-date=1 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101005402/http://thediplomat.com/2012/10/french-polynesia-last-vestiges-of-frances-empire/|url-status=live}}</ref> The highest representative of the State in the territory is the [[High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia]] ({{langx|fr|Haut commissaire de la République en Polynésie française}}).

French Polynesia also sends three [[Member of Parliament (France)|deputies]] to the [[National Assembly of France|French National Assembly]] in three constituencies, [[French Polynesia's 1st constituency|the 1st]] representing Papeete and its north-eastern suburbs, plus the [[Communes of France|commune]] (municipality) of [[Moorea-Maiao|Mo'orea-Mai'ao]], the [[Îles Tuamotu-Gambier|Tuāmotu-Gambier]] administrative division, and the Marquesas Islands administrative division, [[French Polynesia's 2nd constituency|the 2nd]] representing much of Tahiti outside Papeete and the Austral Islands administrative subdivision, and [[French Polynesia's 3rd constituency|the 3rd]] representing the [[Leeward Islands (Society Islands)|Leeward Islands]] [[Administrative divisions of French Polynesia|administrative subdivision]] and the south-western suburbs of Papeete. French Polynesia also sends two senators to the [[Senate of France|French Senate]].