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France to consider autonomy for Corsica after violent street protests

French gendarmes behind a fire of burning trash during a demonstration of high school students on 10 March outside the Corse-du-Sud prefecture in Ajaccio, a week after the assault in prison of nationalist figure Yvan Colonna. © Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP

France is prepared to consider some form of autonomy for Corsica, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said ahead of a visit to the island which has seen violent protests after an attack on a jailed separatist leader.

The government is determined to engage in an "unprecedented discussion on institutional matters", Darmanin told the Corsican newspaper Corse Matin, adding that he was "prepared to go as far as autonomy".

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