In Corsica, the “autonomy in the Republic’ project remains unclear on the fiscal level. At the end of September, President Macron set a six-month deadline for island political groups to bring about a ‘constitutional and organic text’ The deadline is now two weeks away, and the government is hoping to reach a consensus within the next two weeks.

“I think we are moving towards a consensus,” says the Minister of the Interior. ‘We are not there yet,’ he adds, ‘but we are making progress’