During the resumption of the discussions to which he invited himself at the Ministry of the Interior in Paris, the Head of State said he was open to all the solutions mentioned by the elected officials, from autonomy to differentiation, however reiterating its two “red lines”, namely the maintenance of “Corsica in the Republic” and “the refusal to create two categories of citizens”, explained an adviser.
“The president was very clear on this, he said that he had no predetermined objective and the elected officials who were present spoke at the same time of autonomy, decentralization, adaptation, diversification, of differentiation, everything has been touched on a bit,” he said. “The president said that there was no objective prefixed in advance, that everything must be put on the table, there must be no taboos,” he added.
The negotiators will have to “formulate a proposal which could be part of the constitutional reform project”
According to the Elysée, the negotiators will have to “formulate a proposal which could be part of the constitutional reform project that the President of the Republic wishes to carry out after next summer” to be discussed in “2023-2024”. “A review clause between the President, the Minister of the Interior and the elected officials” has been set “for before the summer” in order to “take stock” of “proposals”.
Emmanuel Macron’s entourage, who insisted on the “very strong dimension of the symbol” of his surprise participation in this meeting, assured that this “important announcement” had been “very well received by the participants”.
According to the presidency, the Head of State also “recalled that there was a common destiny which was to be written, built, reconstructed with Corsica”. He also felt that everyone should take “a step towards each other” because there will “never be an ideal path” and that “everyone will never be 100% satisfied”. According to Emmanuel Macron, the institutional future of the island “could be inspired by many Mediterranean models” in terms of decentralization or differentiation.