Corsica as a Northern Ireland

I can't think of any divisions in Corsica that have the potential to cause violence on the scale of Northern Ireland.

Something political, then, because it is easier to drum up a political division than, say, a religious one, given the context.

Not really sure what, though. Maybe Operation Resurrection goes through, or the Algiers Putsch spirals out of control. If France is undergoing some sort of turmoil, I guess that it could spill over onto Corsica. I'm not terribly well versed on Corsican politics, but I suppose that it wouldn't be infeasible to see an outbreak of fighting on the island, and if attitudes are allowed to harden (and the more popular corsican group wins out but is opposed by the winner in metropolitan france), then we could be in for a nasty struggle.
 
Exactly. The FNLC is as tenacious as the ETA is, except lesser-known. What I'm wondering though is what could cause the violence to spiral to greater amounts.

Just how big is the FNLC's support base? If they have enough water to swim in, the only thing that might be required is more support from the outside. Themainproblem I see is that starting in the 70s, they kind of missed the bus. What was there before?

Another questiopn, who could sponsor the cause? From what I read, they seem tobe left-wing, so neither Italy nor Spain would bne interested. Libya is obvious, but they may not be too interested. Do we have a Corsican diaspora somewhere? An equivalent of NORAID could be interesting.

Getting the violent confrontation shouldn't be too hard. The French authorities in the 60s weren't too particular. Their response to any greater terrorist activity should ensure a large disaffected population.
 
It is rather extreme to consider Corsica to be France's own Basque country considering the abysmally low level of support enjoyed by the FNLC and the various nationalists groups. Support for Corsican independence never went beyond 10% in polls and will never grow any bigger than that, until somehow oil is discovered off-shore of Corsica which is pretty unlikely.

There is one way to make things nastier in Corsica however, it is to increase the number of Pied-Noirs repatriated or rather resettled in Corsica. During the sixties they were used to develop the Oriental Plain for large scale agriculture specialised in clementine and orange fruits. Make their migration to Corsica larger and there could be some room for more troubles than OTL.
 

archaeogeek

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It is rather extreme to consider Corsica to be France's own Basque country considering the abysmally low level of support enjoyed by the FNLC and the various nationalists groups. Support for Corsican independence never went beyond 10% in polls and will never grow any bigger than that, until somehow oil is discovered off-shore of Corsica which is pretty unlikely.

There is one way to make things nastier in Corsica however, it is to increase the number of Pied-Noirs repatriated or rather resettled in Corsica. During the sixties they were used to develop the Oriental Plain for large scale agriculture specialised in clementine and orange fruits. Make their migration to Corsica larger and there could be some room for more troubles than OTL.

Jacobines make me lol.
The two corsican nationalist parties combined polled 35% at the last regional elections (and I very much doubt the people who voted for Alfonsi weren't aware what he stood for, besides the Greens). That said, yes, add a few pieds-noirs and you'll get riled up corsicans. Maybe less emigration would also help.
 
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I just figured that the Corsicans were a bigger deal compared to say the Breton separatists. Not sure about Basque/Catalan groups in France, though.
 
Jacobines make me lol.
The two corsican nationalist parties combined polled 35% at the last regional elections (and I very much doubt the people who voted for Alfonsi weren't aware what he stood for, besides the Greens). That said, yes, add a few pieds-noirs and you'll get riled up corsicans. Maybe less emigration would also help.

Mate I am FAR FAR from being a Jacobin so please keep your gratuitious comment for yourself!

True regionalists parties polled 35% of the votes in the last regional elections, but most Corsicans are in favour of more autonomy as opposed to outright independence. Something which I would personnaly favour since France needs to be decentralised for good!
 

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There is one way to make things nastier in Corsica however, it is to increase the number of Pied-Noirs repatriated or rather resettled in Corsica. During the sixties they were used to develop the Oriental Plain for large scale agriculture specialised in clementine and orange fruits. Make their migration to Corsica larger and there could be some room for more troubles than OTL.

I agree with this. It's funny, my Corsican grandparents have said much the same thing in the past. They were around in Corsica at the time, so I trust their judgment on how people would react.

I doubt there'd be any real unified movement if it did escalate into terrorism or radicalism, but rather a great deal of splinter groups with differing agendas, that would probably fight with one another most of the time. Hell, this might even split the Unione.
 
So, are the Bretons, French Basques/Catalans, or any other separatist groups stronger than the Corsicans, or is the FNLC the only noteworthy one in France?
 

archaeogeek

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So, are the Bretons, French Basques/Catalans, or any other separatist groups stronger than the Corsicans, or is the FNLC the only noteworthy one in France?

Activity wise, the Corsicans are far far more active. The thing is there's probably more nationalists in other regions, but only because they're millions to Corsica's something like half a million people.
 
In my mind, quest for independance could have become more popular and more violent throughout corsican people if the 1976's events (Aleria) had gone out of control and have caused death of innocent corsican people by french Police and Gendarmerie....

That just my little 2 cents (and despite i have some family ties on this wonderful island, i'm not a specialist at all of this struggle).
 
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