.GP and .MQ to be Removed ?

It appears that the "country" of France, wants the
TLDs .GP and .MQ. Why were they delegated by
the IANA to people that were not "authorized" ?
This seems counter to what has been reported
in these forums.

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"Lastly, it is necessary to end rapidly the exploitation, by private
operators
having received no mandate from the French authorities, of the management
of top level domains corresponding to French overseas departments
(.gp for Guadeloupe, .mq for Martinique,...). IANA effectively considers
that
these are "national" domains.  The French government must therefore
request IANA to refuse to recognize these operators or to allocate them
IP addresses."

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Jim Fleming
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