Let's Do Corsica
Femu a Corsica
LeaderGilles Simeoni
Secretary-GeneralJean-Félix Acquaviva
FoundedJanuary 2010 (as a coalition)
15 October 2017 (as a party)
Merger ofInseme per a Corsica
Chjama Naziunale
Politics and Democracy in Motion
Party of the Corsican Nation (2010–2019)
HeadquartersBastia, Corsica
IdeologyCorsican nationalism
Corsican autonomism
Humanism
National affiliationRégions et Peuples Solidaires
Pè a Corsica (2015–2021)[1]
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
ColoursOrange
National Assembly
2 / 577
Corsican Assembly
32 / 63
Website
Femu a Corsica

Femu a Corsica (Corsican pronunciation: [ˈfɛmu a ˈkorsiɡa]; lit. 'Let's Do Corsica' or 'Let us make Corsica') is a Corsican autonomist political party.[2][3] It was formed for the first time prior to the 2010 French regional elections in the form of a political coalition. The coalition members, Inseme per a Corsica, the Party of the Corsican Nation (PNC) and Chjama Naziunale, merged during the founding congress of the party in Corte on 15 October 2017. The PUDEMU (Pulitica è Demucrazia in Muvimentu) movement also merged into the new party. The PNC was later re-established in 2019. The leader of the party is Gilles Simeoni.[4]

Following the victory of the Pè a Corsica list in the territorial elections of 2017, of which Femu a Corsica was a member alongside Corsica Libera, the party won 28 of the 63 seats in the Corsican Assembly. Gilles Simeoni was reappointed as President of the Executive Council of Corsica, which he has held since 2015. The party won 32 seats in the 2021 elections after the Pè a Corsica coalition split up.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Régionales : les nationalistes corses en ordre dispersé". Les Echos (in French). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ Mattei, Julian (6 August 2021). "Femu a Corsica : "Il est temps que le préfet de Corse prenne le large"". Corse Matin (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Corsican nationalism grows stronger in first round of French territorial election". Nationalia. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. ^ Bonifay, Sébastien (26 April 2021). "Territoriales : Femu a Corsica dicte ses conditions pour une liste commune". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ Quilici-Orlandi, Julie (28 June 2021). "Régionales en Corse : Gilles Simeoni peut dérouler son projet nationaliste". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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