the agreement reached between the government and the island’s elected officials creates a “precedent”, for Olivier Faure

The agreement reached between the government and Corsican elected officials on a draft“constitutional writing” providing for the recognition of an autonomous status of the island “within the Republic” creates a “previous”, observes Olivier Faure, first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Tuesday March 12, on franceinfo. He “will certainly have consequences elsewhere in our territories, particularly overseas”, he emphasizes.

“On the main principles, I am rather in favor of a form of autonomy”, explains the deputy for Seine-et-Marne. He “hope that we can go further in the exercise which allows entities which have a very strong identity to be able to express it and not act as if we were all identical”. For him, “there are territories with specificities” of which “We must take in account”.

Olivier Faure does not comment on the agreement as such. “It’s all fresh, I haven’t read it, I haven’t seen it”, he said. Before forming an opinion, he wants “see” And “understand what the scope is, what it aims for”. Whatever happens, “It will not solve all of Corsica’s problems.” “The economic and social problems of Corsica will not be resolved simply with revised institutions”he insists.