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In Corsica, the “autonomy in the Republic” project remains unclear on the fiscal level

2024-02-27T19:03:43.636Z

Highlights: 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’


DECRYPTION - If the question of recognition of Corsican territory is progressing, the subject of resources remains sensitive.


In Corsica, at the end of September, Emmanuel Macron set a six-month deadline for island political groups to bring about a

“constitutional and organic text”

paving the way for

“autonomy in the Republic”.

Today, according to article 72 of the Constitution, the Mediterranean island is a territorial community with

“special status”.

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With the presidential deadline approaching, Gérald Darmanin invited eight Corsican

“political family leaders”

on Monday evening to talk to them about autonomy.

At the end of this long dinner (to which the three Corsican deputies from Liot regretted not having been associated), the Minister of the Interior outlined the prospect of a new meeting within two weeks.

In the event of a conclusive outcome, he will immediately chair a strategic committee which will mark the end of the Beauvau process initiated two years ago.

“I think we are moving towards a consensus,”

said the minister, hoping that this would

“allow the territorial assembly, the president…

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Source: lefigaro

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