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Corsicans welcome France's offer of autonomy, but wait for details

Gilles Simeoni, the pro-autonomy leader of Corsica's regional council, welcomed Darmanin's proposal of autonomy, but is waiting for a formal proposal, and details. © Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters

Corsicans have welcomed with caution statements by French Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin that the government is ready to consider autonomy for the island in the Mediterranean. But what would autonomy actually look like, and how likely is it to happen?

Darmanin, who is visiting Corsica Wednesday and Thursday after two weeks of violent protests, following an attack on the jailed Corsican militant Yvan Colonna, promised an institutional reform of Corsica would be a priority for President Emmanuel Macron in his second term.

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