Since 1982, Corsica experienced a paradigm shift that has led to four institutional evolutions. Nonetheless, it has been gradual change. The Corsican assembly has no legislative and fiscal powers, and therefore no real autonomy.
In 2017 and 2021, the nationalists gathered more than 56% and 67% of the votes for the Corsican assembly, but the discussions about autonomy generally appear difficult, insincere and full of pitfalls. This contribution aims to understand this resistance to unitarianism with regard to Corsica, while certain overseas territories have been granted very advanced forms of autonomy.
In Jaime Lluch (ed.), Contemporary Corsica and French Constitutional Structures: The Hard Road from Integration to Autonomy, Springer, 2026, pp. 269-295. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-99505-7
In 2017 and 2021, the nationalists gathered more than 56% and 67% of the votes for the Corsican assembly, but the discussions about autonomy generally appear difficult, insincere and full of pitfalls. This contribution aims to understand this resistance to unitarianism with regard to Corsica, while certain overseas territories have been granted very advanced forms of autonomy.
In Jaime Lluch (ed.), Contemporary Corsica and French Constitutional Structures: The Hard Road from Integration to Autonomy, Springer, 2026, pp. 269-295. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-99505-7