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Corsican Autonomy
Corsican autonomy is the idea and movement supporting the status of an autonomous region for the island of Corsica within the France, French Republic. Most supporters of greater autonomy are Corsican nationalism, Corsican nationalists. The ruling Femu a Corsica party supports an autonomous status for Corsica. Constitutional history Corsica has been a part of France since it was Treaty of Versailles (1768), purchased from the rulers of Genoa in 1768 and was then French conquest of Corsica, conquered by the French. The administrative region of Corsica and the Corsican Assembly was formed in 1982 as the "collectivité territoriale de Corse''. In the process, the region gained further political powers compared to mainland French local authorities. Statutes or laws passed in 1982, 1991 and 2002 have preceded devolution to Corsica, similarly to other French regions, with no specific devolution for Corsica. Although the Corsican Assembly has some regulatory powers, it cannot legislate ...
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Flag Of Corsica
The flag of Corsica was adopted by ''General of the Nation'' Pasquale Paoli in 1755 and was based on a traditional flag used previously. It portrays a Moor's head in black wearing a white bandana above his eyes on a white background. Previously, the bandana covered his eyes; Paoli wanted the bandana moved to above the eyes to symbolize the liberation of the Corsicans, Corsican people from the Republic of Genoa, Genoese. It was used by the Corsican Republic and fell out of usage after 1769, when Early Modern France, France forced the island's former Genoese masters to sell it to settle the debts contracted by the Italian maritime republic with France. This was to pay the costs of the French expeditionary corps, which should have helped Genoa to secure its control of Corsica; French troops put down the long-standing rebellion on the island. During this period under French rule, 1769–1789, Corsican patriots again used the version of the flag with blindfolded eyes, as a mark of pro ...
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Ajaccio
Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Territorial collectivity, Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). It is also the largest settlement on the island. Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, southeast of Marseille. The original city went into decline in the Middle Ages, but began to prosper again after the Republic of Genoa, Genoese built a citadel in 1492, to the south of the earlier settlement. After the Corsican Republic was declared in 1755, the Genoese continued to hold several citadels, including Ajaccio, until the French conquest of Corsica, French took control of the island. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Ajacciens'' (men) or ''Ajacciennes'' (women). The most famous of these is Napoleon B ...
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Breton Nationalism
Breton nationalism (, ) is the nationalism of the historical province of Brittany, France. Brittany is considered to be one of the six Celtic nations (along with Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales). Breton ''nationalism'' was a political current that appeared in the 1920s in the second ''Emsav'', and claiming Brittany's independence. The political aspirations of Breton nationalists include the desire to obtain the right to self-rule, whether within France or independently of it, and to acquire more power in the European Union, United Nations and other international institutions. Breton cultural nationalism includes an important linguistic component, with Breton and Gallo speakers seeking equality with the French language in the region. Cultural nationalists seek to reinvigorate Breton music, traditions, and symbols and forging strength links with other Celtic nations. The French position includes a range of views, from allowing Brittany a devolved gover ...
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Occitan Nationalism
Occitan nationalism is a social and political movement in Occitania. Nationalists seek self-determination, greater autonomy or the creation of a sovereign state of Occitania. The basis of nationalism is linguistic and cultural although currently the Occitan language is a minority status within the language area. Current affairs The Occitan political movement for self-government has existed since the beginning of the 20th century and particularly since the post-war era. Occitan nationalism emerges as a sense of grievance of Southern France caused by the economic and energy restructuring undertaken by the Gaullism, Gaullists during the 1960s, which would have given priority to the more prosperous northern regions of France. Subsequently, from 1968 one Occitan cultural revival, combined with the economic protest, given the results in 1970 in a nationalist claim that it considered Occitania was an internal colony of the French state. The movement remains negligible in electoral a ...
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Sardinian Nationalism
Sardinian nationalism or also Sardism (''Sardismu'' in Sardinian; ''Sardismo'' in Italian) is a social, cultural and political movement in Sardinia calling for the self-determination of the Sardinian people in a context of national devolution, further autonomy in Italy, or even outright independence from the latter. It also promotes the protection of the island's environment and the preservation of its cultural heritage. Even though the island has been characterized by periodical waves of ethnonationalist protests against Rome,Pala, C. 2015. ''Sardinia''. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. 1–3Abstract/ref> the Sardinian movement has its origins on the left of the political spectrum; regionalism and attempts for Sardinian self-determination historically countered in fact the Rome-centric Italian nationalism and fascism (which eventually managed to contain the autonomist and separatist tendencies). Over the years many Sardist parties from d ...
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Corsican Language
Corsican (, , or , ) is a Romance languages, Romance language consisting of the Dialect continuum, continuum of the Tuscan dialect, Tuscan Italo-Dalmatian languages, Italo-Dalmatian dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a Single territorial collectivity, territory of France, and in the northern regions of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. Corsica is situated approximately 123.9 km (77.0 miles; 66 nautical miles) off the western coast of Tuscany; and with historical connections, the Corsican language is considered a part of Tuscan dialect, Tuscan varieties, from that part of the Italian peninsula, and thus is closely related to Florentine dialect, Florentine-based Italian language, standard Italian. Under the long-standing influence of Tuscany's Republic of Pisa, Pisa, and the historic Republic of Genoa, over Corsica, the Corsican language once filled the role of a vernacular, wi ...
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2021 Corsican Territorial Election
The 2021 territorial elections in Corsica took place on 20 and 27 June 2021 alongside other regional elections across France. Results Aftermath Pè a Corsica was dissolved after the election. References {{France-election-stub Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ... Elections in Corsica ...
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Jean-Guy Talamoni
Jean-Guy Talamoni ( Corsican: Ghjuvan’Guidu Talamoni; born 6 May 1960) is a Corsican politician and Corsican nationalist, who was President of the Corsican Assembly from 17 December 2015 to 1 July 2021. He previously served as leader of the Corsica Nazione electoral group in the Corsican assembly. Born in Saumur to a Corsican father and a Spanish mother, Talamoni and his family moved to Morosaglia when he was only one year old. Talamoni became involved in the Corsican liberation struggle at a young age, attending meetings of the militant Action for Corsican Rebirth (Azione per a Rinascita Corsa, ARC) with his parents when he was a child. At the age of fifteen, Talamoni attended Edmond Simeoni’s ARC meeting announcing the beginning of the Aleria Standoff. A year later, at the age of sixteen, Talamoni joined a Corsican nationalist student union. It was there where he likely became involved in the armed struggle of the National Liberation Front of Corsica, but like Gerry Ada ...
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Gilles Simeoni
Gilles Simeoni (, ; born 20 April 1967) is a lawyer and politician in Corsica, France. He was mayor of Bastia from 2014 to 2016 and has been president of the executive council of Corsica since 2015. Notably, Simeoni served as the Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna's lawyer at his trial for the assassination of Claude Érignac. Early life and education He is the son of Edmond Simeoni and the nephew of Max Simeoni. He has a masters in law and a doctorate in political science specializing in Mediterranean Politics in the European UnionMunicipal Elections 2014: Second Round Gilles Simeoni First Nationalist Mayor of Bastia (FR)
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Pè A Corsica
Pè a Corsica () was a Corsican nationalist political alliance in France, which was calling for more autonomy for Corsica. More specifically, it was a coalition of the two Corsican nationalist parties active on the island; that is, the moderately autonomist Femu a Corsica and the strongly committed separatist '' Corsica Libera'' (which won respectively 17.62% and 7.73% of the vote in the first round of the 2015 French regional elections). The party was led by the autonomist Gilles Simeoni. The alliance was renewed for the 2017 territorial election. However, the alliance was dissolved for the 2021 territorial election. Background Corsican nationalism calls for the island's autonomy in France, if not outright independence, following a movement developed since the 1920s with the establishment of the regionalist Corsican Action Party (''Partitu Corsu d'Azzione''/''Parti Corse d'Action'') in the town of Bastia. The 2003 Corsican referendum on increased devolution failed by a n ...
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2017 Corsican Territorial Election
The 2017 Corsican territorial elections were held on 3 and 10 December 2017 to elect 63 members of the Corsican Assembly, who in turn determined the composition of the Executive Council of Corsica. The election was held only two years after the 2015 territorial elections, and were called as a result of the planned creation of a single collectivity within Corsica resulting from the mergers of two departments (Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud), and the existing territorial collectivity of Corsica. The nationalist alliance Pè a Corsica between autonomist Femu a Corsica and separatist Corsica Libera won an outright majority of seats in the assembly under the list led by Gilles Simeoni. Background Territorial elections to elect the Corsican Assembly were held on 3 and 10 December as a result of the creation of a single collectivity replacing the existing departments of Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud and the existing territorial collectivity of Corsica on 1 January 2018. While the ...
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National Liberation Front Of Corsica
The National Liberation Front of Corsica ( or ; , Abbreviation, abbreviated FLNC) is a name used by various Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla and paramilitary organizations that advocate an Independence, independent or Autonomy, autonomous state on the island of Corsica, separated from France. The original FLNC was founded on 5 May 1976 from a merger between two smaller armed groups: the Corsican Peasant Front for Liberation (Fronte Paesanu Corsu per Liberazione, FPCL), and Ghjustizia Paolina (Corsican for Pasquale Paoli, Paoline Justice). This organization persisted until 1990, when a 1988 ceasefire agreement caused the unstable organization to split into two organizations based around separate ideas. In 1999, various factions merged to form the FLNC-Union of Combatants (FLNC-Unione di i Cumbattenti, FLNC-UC), a larger organization and one of the FLNCs which still exist today. In the present day, there are four organizations still active with the FLNC name: The FLNC-UC, The FLNC-22 Oc ...
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