Pè a Corsica ( en, For Corsica) was a

Corsican nationalist Corsican nationalism is a nationalist movement in Corsica that advocates more autonomy for the island, if not outright independence from France. Political support The main separatist party, Corsica Libera, achieved 9.85% of votes in the ...

political alliance in

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, which was calling for more autonomy for Corsica. More specifically, it was a coalition of the two

parties active on the island; that is, the moderately

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Femu a Corsica and the strongly committed separatist '' Corsica Libera'' (which won respectively 17.62% and 7.73% of the vote in the first round of the 2015 French regional elections). The party was led by the autonomist Gilles Simeoni.Gilles Simeoni vainqueur des territoriales 2015 : liesse à Ajaccio - Corse Matin
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/ref> The alliance was renewed for the 2017 territorial election. However, the alliance was dissolved for the 2021 territorial election.

Background

Corsican nationalism Corsican nationalism is a nationalist movement in Corsica that advocates more autonomy for the island, if not outright independence from France. Political support The main separatist party, Corsica Libera, achieved 9.85% of votes in the 2 ...

calls for the island's autonomy in France, if not outright independence, following a movement developed since the 1920s with the establishment of the regionalist Corsican Action Party (''Partitu Corsu d'Azzione''/''Parti Corse d'Action'') in the town of

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

. The 2003 Corsican referendum on increased devolution failed by a narrow majority. From the 1970s up until 2014, there have also been many bombings and aggravated assaults claimed by a militant group going by the name of

FLNC The National Liberation Front of Corsica ( co, Fronte di liberazione naziunale di a Corsica or ; french: Front de libération nationale corse, abbreviated FLNC) was a militant group that advocates an independent state on the island of Corsica, s ...

. By 2012, polls showed more support for increased devolution within France (51%) than for outright independence (stuck at 10–15%).

Electoral performance

In the December 2015 French regional elections in Corsica, Pè a Corsica won 24 of 51 seats.

Gilles Simeoni Gilles Simeoni (, ; born 20 April 1967) is a lawyer in France and a politician. He was mayor of Bastia from 2014 to 2016 and has been president of the executive council of Corsica since 2015. Notably, Simeoni served as the Corsican nationalist ...

won the election for the position of Mayor of

with 35.34% of the vote. Jean-Guy Talamoni, leader of Corsica Libera, said: "It’s been a 40-year-long march to arrive here. Corsica is not just a French administrative constituency – it’s a country, a nation, a people."

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