Corsican Assembly

Assemblea di Corsica
L'Assemblée de Corse
Type
Type
History
Founded2 March 1982
Leadership
President of the Assembly
Structure
Seats63
Corsica Parliament 2021
Political groups
Government (32)
  Femu a Corsica (32)

Opposition (31)

  Bonapartist Central Committee – The Republicans (17)
  Party of the Corsican Nation – Corsica Libera (8)
  Rinnovu (6)
Elections
Last election
June 2021
Meeting place
Grand Hôtel d'Ajaccio et Continental, Ajaccio
Website
www.isula.corsica/assemblea/

The Corsican Assembly (Corsican: Assemblea di Corsica; French: L'Assemblée de Corse) is the unicameral legislative body of the territorial collectivity of Corsica. It has its seat at the Grand Hôtel d'Ajaccio et Continental, in the Corsican capital of Ajaccio. After the 2017 territorial elections, the assembly was expanded from 51 to 63 seats, with the executive council expanding from 9 to 11 members (including the president).[1]

History

Before 1975, Corsica was a département of the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

On 2 March 1982, a law was passed that gave Corsica the status of territorial collectivity (collectivité territoriale), abolishing the Corsican Regional Council which had existed before. Unlike the regional councils, the Corsican Assembly has executive powers over the island.

In 1992, three institutions were formed in the territorial collectivity of Corsica:

  • The Executive Council of Corsica, which exercises the type of executive functions held in other French regions by the Presidents of the Regional Councils. It ensures the stability and consistency needed to manage the affairs of the territory;
  • The Corsican Assembly, a deliberative, unicameral legislative body with greater powers than the regional councils on the mainland;
  • The Economic, Social and Cultural Council of Corsica, an advisory body.

Terminology

Members of the Corsican Assembly were first called "territorial councillors" in reference to Corsica's status as a collectivité territoriale. Members are now called "Councillors of the Corsican Assembly", or in unofficial and everyday speech, just "Councillors".

Powers

  • Economic development
  • Taxation
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Housing
  • Education and training
  • Language
  • Transport
  • Forestry and agriculture
  • Culture
  • Tourism
  • Sports & youth

Composition

There are 63 members of the Assembly, elected for a six-year term via a closed party list and two rounds of voting. To pass beyond the first round, a candidate requires an absolute majority, whereas in the second round a plurality is sufficient.

The list that wins in the first or second round automatically obtains three seats as a "premium to the majority". The other seats are distributed based on proportional representation.

At the first meeting of Assembly Councillors after an election, the councillors elect an Assembly President in a plurality ballot. This is also a two-round contest, with an absolute majority required to proceed to the second round. At the same time as the election of the President, the Assembly also elects the ten members that will make up the President's Committee (bureau).

In contrast to the executives of the regional councils, Assembly Councillors may not also be members of the Corsican Executive Council. Election to the executive requires resignation from the Assembly.

Results

2021 Territorial elections in Corsica
Candidate List First round[2] Second round Seats +/-
Votes % Votes %
Gilles Simeoni * FC 39,247 29.19 55,548 40.64 32 +14
Laurent Marcangeli CCB-LR-UDI 33,432 24.86 43,769 32.02 17 +1
Jean-Christophe Angelini PNC 17,772 13.22 20,604 15.07 8 -15
Jean-Guy Talamoni * CL 9,280 6.90
Paul-Félix Benedetti Rinnovu 11,282 8.39 16,762 12.26 6 +6
Jean-Charles Orsucci TdP-LREM 7,957 5.92 0 -6
François Filoni RN 5,378 4.00 0
Agnès Simonpietri EÉLV-G.s-GÉ 5,039 3.75 0
Michel Stefani PCF 4,279 3.18 0
Jean-Antoine Giacomi EXD 791 0.59 0
Valid votes 134,457 98.22 136,683 96.79
Blank ballots 1,144 0.84 2,334 1.65
Null Ballots 1,286 0.94 2,206 1.56
Turnout 136,887 57.08 141,223 58.91 63 Steady
Abstentions 102,921 42.92 98,495 41.09
Registered voters 239,808 100 239,718 100

Presidents of the Corsican Assembly

Assembly members

Members since 2015:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Morgane Rubetti (1 December 2017). "Corse : cinq questions pour comprendre les élections territoriales". Le Figaro. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Elections régionales et des assemblées de Corse, Guyane et Martinique 2021 – Corsica" (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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