Corsica: why the question of autonomy makes the far right uncomfortable

2023-09-28 20:46:00

“Under a pseudonym on social networks, we have seen the opposition between nationals since this morning,” slips a far-right executive, a good observer of his political family. In question ? Emmanuel Macron’s speech, which opened the way, this Thursday, September 28 in Ajaccio, for the “entry of Corsica” into the French Constitution as well as “autonomy” for the island. Does being a French nationalist mean opposing, in the name of national greatness, insular regionalism? Or, on the contrary, to support the aspirations of Corsican nationalists?