The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin indicated that the government intended to move on from the end of February to the phase of drafting the text which will be submitted to the vote of Congress,” the conference of presidents of the groups said in a press release on Wednesday. policies of the Corsican Assembly, adding “to take note of this objective”.
On September 28, during his visit to Corsica, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron gave six months, until the end of March, to the island political groups, from the separatists to the right, to reach an “agreement” with the leading government. to a “constitutional and organic text” which would give Corsica “autonomy in the Republic”.
“It’s the notion of legislative power that’s blocking”
“As we speak, the agreement has not been concluded” between the island political groups and “it is the notion of legislative power that is blocking”, a source at the heart told AFP on Wednesday. discussions.
On Tuesday, the autonomist president of the executive council of Corsica, Gilles Simeoni, spoke with Gérald Darmanin and transmitted the minister’s expectations to the conference of presidents on Wednesday, he confirmed to AFP.
A desire to build a status of autonomy
“We remain determined to succeed in building both a status of autonomy and a global political solution,” added Gilles Simeoni. “Before this deadline” at the end of February, the conference of presidents indicates that it wants to present “the results of its work to the Corsican Assembly and to the various elected officials” participating in discussions with the State, “before transmitting them to the minister” and to President Macron.
She will also propose to the minister to work, “from this material, within the framework of an effective and shared method” involving “all elected officials”, on “the formalization of the constitutional revision text concerning the status of autonomy of Corsica.
She also “took note” of the fact that Minister Darmanin “confirmed the government’s intention to submit the draft constitutional revision devoted to Corsica to a vote by the National Assembly and the Senate before the end of the first half of 2024” . To be validated, this constitutional reform must then be voted on by three-fifths of Congress in the fall of 2024.