Bastia (Upper Corsica)
“We will be dead and we will still be there…
” Seated on the terrace on Place Saint-Nicolas, this Bastiais, who does not wish to go any further in his remarks, gives a disillusioned vision of the discussions on the autonomy of Corsica.
Gilles Simeoni, autonomous president of the Corsican community, nevertheless speaks of "
a decisive step
" after the last dinner at the Ministry of the Interior, last Monday, which sealed an agreement between the elected islanders and Gérald Darmanin for "
a status of autonomy within the Republic
.
This dinner put an end to two years of arduous negotiations between the executive and local elected officials on the institutional future of Corsica.
For the island, the text provides in particular a status which takes into account "
its own interests linked to its Mediterranean insularity, to its historical, linguistic, cultural community, having developed a singular link to its land
".
It also provides that the community of Corsica “
may be authorized to set standards in matters where…
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