Following the recent demonstrations in Corsica, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin raised the possibility of "going as far as autonomy" for this territory.
If it materializes, the initiative would put an end to almost half a century of claims - sometimes violent - on the island.
The "Corsican people" began to demand equality (by "filling in the gap which separated Corsica from the other French regions") as early as 1958. A few years later, this request turned into a regionalism by the slogan "French, but French apart" before becoming more political by favoring the status of an autonomous territory.
Will the “Corsican people” soon be in control of their destiny?
In 1974, a pro-autonomy activist (not to be confused with independence) described this status as “a means suited to the survival and development of the Corsican people”.
Since then, the autonomists have tirelessly demanded that their island enter into "this institutional framework which would allow the Corsicans, while remaining within French legality, to decide their own destiny".
Discover the origins of the autonomist approach in this video by our partner Brut.
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