Around a hundred people mobilized on Sunday to maintain the ordeal at the entrance to the village of Quasquara. An administrator launched an appeal before the administrative court of Bastia to remove, in the name of secularism, the cross installed in November 2022.

The disputes between the mayor and the complainant having been known for a long time in the town. The story evokes a “story of Clochemerle”, writes Corse Matin’s editor-in-chief, Jean-Francois Lecombe. “Our motivation is neither political nor religious. We are here to defend the Christian culture that is part of us,” he tells the paper. The Semper Immota (“Always Unshakeable”), a group of bikers, affirmed: “ Our motivation is Neither political nor Religious.” “We will ensure that no recourse is adopted and that if it were to be adopted, we will be able to mobilize accordingly,’ he adds.