A political comeback under the specter of the presidential coming

The party of the territorial majority, Femu a Corsica, made its political return on Monday, under the sign of the Euromed 7 summit that is expected to be held on Thursday in Ajaccio. News obliges, the unofficial arrival of Emmanuel Macron and 6 other Mediterranean heads of state has therefore taken precedence over all other local issues. Gathered at the party premises in Bastia, Femu activists were amazed at the silence of the Elysée, which has so far made no contact with the nationalist government. « On the form, and this is not trivial, at no time the Collectivity of Corsica, parliamentarians and elected nationalists were associated, or even contacted for the development and conduct of this two-day trip ». Jean-Félix Acquaviva, the party’s national secretary and member of parliament for the second constituency of Haute-Corse, denounces what he calls: ” Contempt for Corsican nationalist institutions and a refusal to recognize the expression of universal suffrage “. Femu had hoped for a while that the new Jean Castex government would take a step in this direction. It is obviously not on the program!

A role of aircraft carrier
Regarding Euromed, Gilles Simeoni’s party believes that not associating Corsica and its elected representation with a summit concerning the Mediterranean also shows “ how far the visions of the Mediterranean project between the Elysée and Corsica remain for the time being. The President of the Corsican Executive has already called on the State several times to recognize the island’s specificity at European level, to take into account the fact that all the islands of the Mediterranean enjoy a status of autonomy, to go beyond purely logical to support partnerships between the islands, territories and peoples of the Mediterranean “. He regrets that major Mediterranean themes such as air and maritime transport, waste, circular economy, fisheries policy, sustainable tourism, languages ​​and academic exchanges or even the common agricultural policy are not at the center of the discussions. debates. “Corsica is reduced to the role of passive spectator of a security and military-dominated meeting, and is confined to the sole role of aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean” asserts the deputy Jean-Félix Acquaviva.

A visit that looks like an election campaign
During his stay in Corsica, Emmanuel Macron is expected to travel to Ajaccio and Bonifacio. Two cities in the hands of Laurent Marcangeli and Jean-Charles Orsucci, two mayors close to the presidential party “La République en Marche” and on the ranks for the next territorial elections. For Hyacinthe Vanni, president of the Femu group in the Corsican Assembly, the purpose of this visit to the Ile de Beauté is essentially political: “If we want to talk about tourism, it is not with the mayors of Bonifacio or Ajaccio that we have to talk, but rather with the Executive Advisor in charge of the Tourism Agency.”, he is indignant. The party thus denounces a will to “cleave corsican society”. As MP Acquaviva explains in video:

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