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The keys to understanding: towards autonomy for Corsica

2023-02-17T07:17:54.796Z


STORY - While all the discussions on the institutional future and the autonomy of the Island of Beauty were at a standstill, the Minister of the Interior, visiting Ajaccio, relaunched the process with the Corsican elected officials.


1. The government's outstretched hand

After having postponed his visit twice to endorse

"

transformation and investment plans

"

for Corsica, last October and December, officially because of

"

the climate of tension around the question of detainees

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and recent arrests of nationalist militants, the Minister of the Interior traveled to the Isle of Beauty on February 6 to preside over the commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Prefect Érignac.

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In Ajaccio, where on the very scene of the crime, which has become Place Érignac, now stands an olive tree, with the inscription " 1 man, 1 place

" engraved on the ground

, Gérald Darmanin notably advocated

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a lasting peace

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and extended the hand

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to countless Corsicans of good will, lovers of peace and fraternity

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to

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draw together"

a new

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institutional, economic, cultural route

".

The tenant of Place Beauvau is also preparing to partially declassify 20 documents from the General Directorate of Homeland Security…

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Source: lefigaro

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