''Corsica Libera'' (, en, Free Corsica) is a

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political party active in Corsica. It was founded in Corte in February 2009 by members of three nationalist parties, ''

Corsica Nazione Corsica Nazione () was a Corsican nationalist party which aimed to gain control over Corsica from France, regain national rights, and promote the Corsican national identity. Corsica has been French since the Treaty of Versailles (1768) when they w ...

'', ''Rinnovu'' and the Corsican Nationalist Alliance. ''Corsica Libera'' advocates full independence for Corsica and it does not condemn the violent actions by groups such as the

National Liberation Front of Corsica The National Liberation Front of Corsica ( co, Fronte di liberazione naziunale di a Corsica or ; french: Front de libération nationale corse, abbreviated FLNC) was a militant group that advocates an independent state on the island of Corsica, s ...

. The party distinguished itself with its symbolic occupation of

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's Corsican residence. The party has one seat in the

Corsican Assembly The Corsican Assembly ( co, Assemblea di Corsica; french: L'Assemblée de Corse) is the unicameral legislative body of the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has its seat at the , in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio. After the 2017 terri ...

and a number of local councillors, including the mayor of the small village

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. The party's candidate in the 2010 territorial elections, Jean-Guy Talamoni, won 9.36% of the vote and qualified for the runoff. In the first round of the

2015 French regional elections Regional elections were held in France on 6 and 13 December 2015. At stake were the regional councils in metropolitan and overseas France including the Corsican Assembly and inaugural seats in the Assembly of French Guiana and Assembly of Martin ...

, Corsica Libera received 7.73% of the vote.

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