Corsica: Emmanuel Macron's opponents hold him accountable

The death of Yvan Colonna on Monday comes in a particularly stormy context.

After its attack by an Islamist terrorist detainee on March 2, Corsica caught fire, projecting the concerns of the islanders to the forefront of the political scene.

While the war in Ukraine has already turned political news upside down, the opponents of the president-candidate are seizing on this explosive Corsican dossier to make their proposals heard and attack Emmanuel Macron's record.

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The management of radicalized detainees by the state

Among the strongest criticisms is the state's handling of radicalized detainees.

500 convicts for Islamist terrorism are currently detained in French prisons, and almost as many radicalized common law prisoners.

For Gilbert Collard, MEP and supporter of Éric Zemmour, the prisoner responsible for the murderous attack on Yvan Colonna, of Cameroonian origin,

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