Overview
- The National Assembly opened debate on the committee‑adopted constitutional bill on 16 June 2026 as lawmakers began scrutinising a single‑article text that would enshrine a Corsican 'statut d’autonomie'.
- The draft would recognise a Corsican community in the Constitution and permit the Collectivité de Corse to adopt specific legislative and regulatory measures within limits that an unspecified future organic law must define.
- Legal advisers and critics, including the Conseil d'État, have warned that the bill's wording is vague on exclusions for régalien powers such as national defence and policing and that judicial safeguards need to be clearer.
- Passage is uncertain because final approval requires a three‑fifths majority of parliamentarians meeting in Congress at Versailles and key parties are split, with autonomists pressing for swift ratification and opponents demanding stronger guarantees.
- Proponents say the autonomy aims to tackle concrete local problems like the island's long‑standing land‑title disorder and housing pressure while observers warn the outcome could set a national precedent and heighten risks of local capture without robust oversight.