Overview

• Prime Minister François Bayrou declared himself favorable to the initial autonomy bill without integrating any of the Conseil d’État’s suggested amendments.
• Senate President Gérard Larcher sent a letter accusing the government of a grave breach of parliamentary prerogatives by ignoring the Council of State’s consultative role.
• The Council of State had advised removing the notion of a distinct Corsican “community,” stripping unique ties to the land and rejecting autonomous legislative powers for the Collectivité de Corse.
• Corsican nationalist leaders and executive head Gilles Simeoni warned that sidelining those recommendations could open the door to decades of uncertainty on the island.
• The unamended constitutional revision is slated for the Council of Ministers on July 30 before moving on to Parliament for approval.