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Christophe Castaner, president of the LREM group in the National Assembly, returned to franceinfo on Sunday on the question of the autonomy of Corsica, while a process of negotiations was announced by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, to ease tensions on the island.
“I think we have to recognize a particular Corsican identity”, declared Christophe Castaner, president of the group La République en Marche (LREM) at the National Assembly, Sunday March 20 on franceinfo. If the deputy of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence excludes “administrative use” of the Corsican language, he considered that it was necessary “to preserve”, like others “regional languages and cultures” like “the language of Provence”.
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More broadly, Christophe Castaner returned to the visit to the island, a few days earlier, by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, to ease tensions on the spot. In the report of his exchanges with the president of the executive council of Corsica, Gilles Simeoni, the word “autonomy” is written in black on white.
“Gérald Darmanin gave nothing away”
“Gérald Darmanin gave up nothing”, he assured, because “the question of the inclusion of Corsica in the Constitution” has been the subject of“a text on which the National Assembly has pronounced itself favorably” and by the way “Emmanuel Macron also declared himself in favor of it”. “I remind you that the Senate had blocked it”he said.
The day before, on franceinfo, Philippe Poutou had estimated that “what is happening in Corsica is the example to follow” because “when it blows up, that’s how the government trembles”. For Christophe Castaner, “it shows the dangerous nature” of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) presidential candidate “who delights in saying anything and calling for violence”.