Corsica Liberated
The island of Napoleon will decide whether to take more autonomy under a French plan to decentralize its departments. Think big: This could mean another pro-coalition vote in the UN.
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For the small-minded:
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3SCDI21BC
"The questions now are whether this will end years of nationalist agitation on the island and whether this will spur autonomy demands from regions on the French mainland."
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Well, maybe they will stop sucking at the government tit at the same time. Corsicans of course will want their autonomy and their special tax breaks, heavy state capitalization, etc. from the French government at the same time.