In a recent interview on the radio show C dans l'air, Barbier responded to an SMS from a listener who asked, "Why don't we just grant the overseas departments their independence?" 
Katika mahojiano ya redio ya C dans l'air hivi karibuni, Barbier alijibu ujumbe wa simu ya mkononi kutoka kwa msikilizaji aliyeuliza, "kwa nini tusizipe Idara za Ng'ambo uhuru wao?"