A bi-monthly meeting in Paris followed by a trip to the island. Gérald Damanin was inspired by Sarkozy’s method to handle the Corsica case. At the time, the interior minister, the former head of state, also preferred to increase the number of visits, betting that maximum personal involvement was the best way to force fate. In the July 6, 2003 referendum, Nicolas Sarkozy won by 51% for the creation of a unified territorial community, and the no vote was defeated.
Twenty years later, will Gérald Darmanin gain consensus to give the island a new status? And thereby helping to solve many problems specific to Corsica (economic, urban planning, social, etc.). The story also stutters. In 2003, the arrest of Ivan Colonna two days before the referendum paradoxically led to its failure. The funeral of the same Colonna, in the middle of the presidential campaign, celebrated as the hero of the island, could kill any will from the beginning …
Source: Le Figaro
