Emmanuel Macron wants “autonomy for Corsica” which is “neither against the State nor without the State”

He spoke of a “historic moment”. President Emmanuel Macron proposed, Thursday September 28, before the Corsican Assembly in Ajaccio, that“a new stage has been reached” with “the entrance to Corsica in the French Constitution” And “autonomy for Corsica”which is not “neither against the State nor without the State”. “This autonomy must be the means of building the future together,” added the President of the Republic.

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“The status quo would be the failure of us all,” assured Emmanuel Macron before the Corsican Assembly, controlled by the nationalists, hoping that this “new institutional stage” will allow “fully anchor Corsica in the Republic and recognize the singularity of its Mediterranean insularity and its relationship to the world.

Six months to reach an agreement

President Emmanuel Macron gave “six months” to political groups and the Corsican Territorial Assembly to arrive at a “agreement” with the government on a “constitutional and organic text” modifying the status of Corsica.

“I am in favor of the specificities of the Corsican island community being recognized in the Constitution within its own article”also developed the head of state, who left the Corsican Assembly to the loud applause of elected officials. Emmanuel Macron also wishes that “the Corsican language could be better taught” And “placed at the heart of Corsican life”that she has “more place in public life”.