Emmanuel Macron’s proposal on Thursday to “build autonomy in Corsica” was immediately welcomed by regional presidents, in particular the Breton Loïg Chesnais-Girard, who demanded “the same” to free themselves from an “outdated centralism.”
“I have heard that the President of the Republic speaks of more freedom, of autonomy for Corsica, to act in important areas such as housing, languages or other issues, but we ask for the same thing,” he declared at a press conference in The End of the Congress of the Regions of France.
“Stronger decentralization”
“On the one hand, there are no mature and responsible elected officials who can have the right to act daily in favor of their inhabitants and other elected officials who will remain in a retrograde centralism,” insisted Loïg Chesnais-Girard, who took advantage of the arrival of the Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to present a report detailing her wishes for “stronger decentralization”.
For her part, the Occitan Carole Delga welcomed “quite positively but cautiously” this “openness” of the Head of State, who until now has remained “quite hermetic on the issue.” “I am sure that this opening towards Corsica will also be beneficial for overseas territories, Brittany or other regions,” she added.
Source: BFM TV
