THE QUESTION.
Eric Zemmour was promoting his book in Corsica this weekend. “
You are a Roman people, a proud people who love greatness and power. You love France when it pursues the dream of Rome
”, estimated the possible or even probable candidate for the presidential election on France 3 Corse. A declaration which earned him the wrath of Paul-Félix Benedetti, of the independence party
Core in fronte
: “
Corsica is not a Roman country as you say. It is a Mediterranean country which has always been generous and which, today, whatever you may think of it, is undergoing settlement colonization, with more than 50% of people who have arrived in 20 years, but who did not arrive from the other side of the Mediterranean ”.
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This assertion by Eric Zemmour also made the Minister Delegate for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, react: “
There were several errors noted by major Corsican political and union leaders.
In particular to say to the Corsicans: 'You are a Roman people', what a mistake, what a mistake.
[...] The Corsican people are not a Roman people, quite simply
”.
What is it?
CHECKS.
First of all, let's go back to the Roman history of the Isle of Beauty.
She is conquered
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