Femu a Corsica (; ) is a Corsican

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political party. It was formed for the first time prior to the

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in the form of a political coalition. The coalition members, Inseme per a Corsica, the Party of the Corsican Nation (PNC) and Chjama Naziunale, merged during the founding congress of the party in Corte on 15 October 2017. The PUDEMU (''Pulitica è Demucrazia in Muvimentu'') movement also merged into the new party. The PNC was later re-established in 2019. The leader of the party is

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. Following the victory of the

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list in the territorial elections of 2017, of which Femu a Corsica was a member alongside

Corsica Libera ''Corsica Libera'' (, en, Free Corsica) is a left-wing separatist political party active in Corsica. It was founded in Corte in February 2009 by members of three nationalist parties, ''Corsica Nazione'', ''Rinnovu'' and the Corsican Nationalist A ...

, the party won 28 of the 63 seats in the Corsican Assembly. Gilles Simeoni was reappointed as President of the Executive Council of Corsica, which he has held since

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. The party won 32 seats in the 2021 elections after the Pè a Corsica coalition split up.

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