Overview
- The constitutional amendment to give Corsica greater power has reached the Senate for final debate and a chamber vote is expected there.
- The text was launched at President Emmanuel Macron’s request in 2022 through then‑minister Gérald Darmanin and was approved by the National Assembly in June.
- Senators are divided: rapporteur Muriel Jourda called the draft “vague and incomplete” and backed committee rewrites, including removing the term “communauté insulaire.”
- Autonomist senator Paul‑Toussaint Parigi and centrist allies defend the Assembly compromise while other centrists and some left senators say they are exploring a cross‑bench “voie de passage” to secure approval.
- Even if both chambers agree, the amendment must be adopted in identical terms and then win a three‑fifths majority in Congress, a high bar that makes final passage before the presidential vote uncertain and could reshape how Corsica adapts national laws.