Overview
- Late Monday night the right‑majority Senate substantially rewrote the constitutional text and then rejected it in a final vote of 181 against to 134 for, ending the chamber’s examination of the reform.
- Senators voted to delete the contested phrase 'communauté insulaire' and narrowed the scope of derogatory powers that would have let the Collectivité de Corse adapt national laws to local needs.
- After the deletion of the 'communauté insulaire' language the autonomist delegation led by Paul‑Toussaint Parigi announced its withdrawal from the Beauvau negotiation process and left the chamber.
- The government said it will reopen contacts with Corsican elected officials, but the constitutional route now faces a procedural barrier because identical approval by both houses and a three‑fifths Congress majority are required.
- The reform was launched in 2022 at President Macron’s request and approved by the National Assembly in June; its collapse risks renewed political tension on the island and could shape electoral dynamics in Corsica ahead of the presidential vote.