En the campaign in Corsica, Jean Lassalle presented himself on Monday March 28 as a “man of peace” on the sidelines of a book signing in Ajaccio, explaining that he wanted for the island of Beauty to “emphasize the status of autonomy” by controlling in particular ” land “.
“First, I come to breathe in Corsica,” the candidate of the “Resist” movement told the media. “I find here a form of authenticity and truth and I know how much you are affected at the moment and how much the accident, I don’t know what to call it (in reference to the death of Yvan Colonna: Editor’s note) , brings out all that was difficult and painful on this island when so much progress has been made elsewhere”.
“For Corsica, I think that we must accentuate the status of autonomy, regardless of what is happening,” added the deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques who sits in the National Assembly with the Corsican nationalist deputies within the group. “Freedoms and Territories”. He is one of the candidates who obtained the most sponsorships from mayors in Corsica. “I believe that what has been done for the Azores by Portugal, for example, is a broad status and Portugal retains sovereign power”, he said, believing that the priority in Corsica is to “be able to master the land.
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A life “within the French Republic but in the Corsican tradition”
In Corsica, 28.8% of the housing stock is declared as second homes, which is three times more than the average for provincial France, according to the statistics institute (INSEE). He advocated a “life within the French Republic but in the Corsican tradition, as I wish for the Basque Country or Brittany”, which according to him passes through “respect, the teaching of the language and its promotion “.
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He defended a different relationship with the community of Corsica if he were elected: “we say together, I do not impose, I do not send prefects to say what to do and not to do”, a- he explained, calling for “listening to local elected officials”, especially when they are “acclaimed”, in reference to the autonomist Gilles Simeoni whose list won 40.64% of the vote in the territorial elections of June 2021. He wishes also develop on the island “the peasant ticket” to buy “at a lower price from real farmers” and thus “create a form of conviviality and fraternity”.