the State and local elected officials agree on a text providing for “the recognition of an autonomous status” of the island

This draft agreement will now be sent to the Corsican Territorial Assembly for a vote.

It is the result of a broad consensus, but not without reservations. The government and Corsican elected officials agreed, on the night of Monday March 11 to Tuesday March 12, on a draft text providing for “recognition of a status of autonomy” from the island “within the Republic”.

This draft agreement completes the “Beauvau process” initiated by Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior. The text will now be sent to the Corsican Territorial Assembly so that it can vote on it, said Gérald Darmanin after a meeting lasting almost five hours at the ministry.

The text “respect both the red lines set by the President of the Republic and myself, and also the time allotted” by Emmanuel Macron, a six-month period supposed to end at the end of March and lead to an agreement, underlined the Minister of the Interior.

Corsican voters “consulted”

Gérald Darmanin and the island elected officials present, including Gilles Simeoni, autonomist president of the Executive Council of Corsica, and Laurent Marcangeli, deputy for Corsica-du-Sud and president of the Horizons group in the National Assembly, notably found an agreement on the first paragraph of the text.

“This constitutional writing provides for the recognition of a status of autonomy for Corsica within the Republic which takes into account its own interests linked to its Mediterranean insularity, to its historical, linguistic, cultural community having developed a singular link to his land”affirms this first paragraph.

Government and elected officials also agreed on the fact that “laws and regulations may be subject to adaptation” on the island, added Gérald Darmanin. “The constitutional writing finally provides that voters registered on the electoral lists of Corsica be consulted on this project”further assured the minister.