How could Corsica have underwent the sort of violence that gripped Northern Ireland in the 20th century?
It pretty much is France's NI analogue.
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.
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.
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.
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?