After Corsica, Brittany claims its autonomy

Inspired by the debates on the autonomy of Corsica, the elected representatives of the Regional Council of Brittany demand an evolution of the status of their region. A wish carried by the Breton autonomists and supported by almost all the regional hemicycle.

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Big smile, Loïg Chesnais-Girard crosses the aging hemicycle of the Regional Council of Brittany, almost empty at this end of Friday, April 8. The community (Socialist Party) of the community is committed to congratulating its opponent Aziliz Gouez, spokesman for Breizh A-Gleiz Group gathering the Breton autonomists. His vow pleading for the autonomy of the region was enthusiastically voted by all regional councilors on the left, center and right. Only those of the national rally opposed.

“I knew that we would cause the debate, but not that we would gather as much around the idea of ​​autonomy. This one is not part of the French political grammar. proof that Brittany is mature”, welcomes Aziliz Gouez. The elected took advantage of the exchange of the status of Corsica committed in recent weeks by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, to revive the autonomy debate of Brittany.

At the tribune, she hammers: “We are not sabotors of the Republic. The French Republic needs a differentiated logic closer to the local.” Supported by ecologist elected officials, M me Gouez calls on the state a transfer of part of the legislative and regulatory powers as well as financial and fiscal means for the benefit of the Regional Council of Brittany. In his mouth, Brittany becomes in the “historic” sense of the term and integrates the Loire-Atlantic. The Edile calls for deciding on the reunification of the region, never decades decades of debate, thanks to a consultation with the inhabitants of Loire-Atlantique. A prerequisite for any autonomy process.

In the ranks of the socialist majority of the Regional Council, elected officials. First Vice President of the Community, Michael Querouz supports: “Yes to decentralization, deconcentration, differentiation. Yes to this soul supplement of a five!”

“we Do not want violence “

Elected at the head of the region in June 2021 with for slogan “More from Brittany, less Paris”, Loïg Chesnais-Girard observes that “this autonomy is our destiny, our way”. “We other, local elected, want to assume more responsibilities to be more efficient. Without additional means, our wish is only chimera or fantasy.”

He who has been calling for years – without achieving it – the management of the distribution of the Funds of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to master the moult of the Breton agricultural model wants to believe in the confidence of the next government. Loïg Chesnais-Girard would like to “unload” the state on housing, employment or economy issues. In the last straight line of the presidential election, it intends to make this request “positive and serene”. One way to distance himself with the violence observed in Corsica in March. A way also to tame the rumor of the revival of the independence movement of the Front of the Liberation of Brittany Colored by anonymous mails considered not credible by the number of observers notisted.

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