“The hardest part is already done.” In an interview with Corsica tomorrow Published on Saturday, November 23, former Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin urges Prime Minister Michel Barnier to present to Parliament the “constitutional proposal” that recognizes a statute of autonomy for Corsica, a project interrupted by the dissolution of the Assembly.
“This proposal must now be presented by Michel Barnier to Parliament as soon as possible,” Emmanuel Macron told the president (of the island’s Executive Council, Gilles) Simeoni, whom he recently received,” he assured the newspaper.
And the Northern deputy added: “we have restored civil peace in Corsica. I have initiated, at the request of the Head of State, a historic process and, for the first time, a Minister of the Interior has raised the question of autonomy. which we negotiate. “
“Now a question arises: can the parliamentary representation approve the constitutional proposal? The answer is yes, and even more than before. In the Borbón Palace there is a large majority among the LR, with whom we form the majority, the socialists, the ” We must not be afraid,” insists the former strongman of Liot. Beauvau.
“Corsica must embody the end of a Jacobin State”
The so-called Beauvau process was initiated in 2022 by Gérald Darmanin, at the request of Emmanuel Macron, to end the violence on the island caused by the death of independence activist Yvan Colonna. In March it resulted in an agreement that provided for “the recognition of an autonomous status” for Corsica “within the Republic.”
But the dissolution of the National Assembly ended discussions, leaving many Corsican elected officials to fear that the project would be abandoned. “Corsica must represent the end of a Jacobin State,” explains Gérald Darmanin on Saturday.
Before the Assembly, Territories Minister Catherine Vautrin mentioned a constitutional bill in 2025 that should ultimately result in a vote in Congress “before the end of 2025.”
Furthermore, when asked about a possible candidacy for the presidential elections, Darmanin responded: “it is too early to say.” “But I will not lose interest, I will contribute my convictions and ideas anyway,” adds the EPR deputy, a member of the Macronist Renaissance party but also close to Édouard Philippe (Horizons), and who recently created a group of experts. , Popular.
Source: BFM TV
