Mobilization in Corsica

On Saturday, October 24 at 2:00 p.m., 150 people gathered in front of the gates of the Haute-Corse prefecture as part of a national mobilization. Among the participants were high school students, members of the CGT, the Communist Party, Via Citadina, and the Cumitatu di Ricustruzione di u Partitu Cuministu (CRPC). The demands included education conditions, cost of living, precarity, and public services. However, the mobilization in Corsica has been described as low despite the island's significant challenges with these issues.

Alarming figures in Corsica

Adèle, from the CRPC, questioned why there is low mobilization and not unity in Corsica. She noted that Corsica is the poorest territory in Metropolitan France, suffers more repression, and has one in four mothers in single-parent households living in poverty. She emphasized that these are alarming figures.

Specific demands for Corsica

Sacha Bastelica, leader of Via Citadina, a left-wing autonomist party, stated that it is important to claim causes specific to Corsica, such as the demands of students and high school students. He argued that Corsicans are affected by precarity and that their children face difficulties in finding housing and studying. He also mentioned that important mobilizations are taking place in overseas territories.

Transpartisan movement needed

Charlotte Cesari, a young figure from the Ajaccio left who traveled to Bastia, stated that the movement should be transpartisan and that Corsicans must realize they are affected by the issues of the cost of living and housing. She noted that nationalist movements also have social issues at the heart of their projects and that socio-economic issues relate to the same things as cultural issues. She suggested that the emancipation of Corsica must be done through both culture and the economy.

Call for unity among Corsican youth

Joseph Batistelli, one of the spokespersons for the students of Giocante de Casabianca, called on all Corsican youth to unite in the fight for a better life. He expressed confusion over some misinterpreting the movement and attacking them in this context. He emphasized the importance of seeing more Corsican flags and urged nationalists to join the fight. He warned that divisions would prevent any progress.

Other local developments

Other developments included the eighth anniversary of the death of a young Hylian at the hospital in Bastia, with his parents demanding justice. Jean-Paul Garcia, an extreme-onset of the storms, was linked to a Corsican philanthropist. Breast cancer screening in Corsica remains unequal in terms of access to mammography. Storms in Corsica have caused significant damage to farmers in the Eastern Plain. In Ghisonaccia, the body of a missing man was found during the night.