Corsican nationalists surge in first round of French election

December 4, 2017 By La rédaction de Mediapart

Group led by autonomist leader Gilles Simeoni won 45.36% of the votes for newly-created, more powerful local assembly on French island.

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Corsican nationalists won almost half of the vote in the first round of the French Mediterranean island’s territorial election on Sunday, a landslide likely to fuel local calls for greater autonomy from Paris, reports Reuters.

Corsican nationalists surge in first round of French election

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