Corsica: Understanding France's complex relationship with its 'island of beauty'

[@Gabneo1]

fact : if a corso speaks corsican (his language) a french cannot understand him, but a sicilian and a sardinian could ( and maybe also most of italians)

[@riccardosebis5333]

Il corso si capisce benissimo, ha qualche influenza sarda ma soprattutto è italico come "idioma"

[@Letstakaboutit]

They speak an Italian dialect, basically is Italian

[@97Corvi]

Non capisco perché dovrebbero bloccare una lingua minoritaria anche se non la capiscono In Italia l'alto Adige parla per metà tedesco, e mi sembra più che giusto dato che fa parte della loro identità culturale

[@Gabneo1]

@@97Corvi ma infatti giustissimo, ma chi vorrebbe bloccarla ? In Alto Adige a dire il vero a suo tempo ci provò il fascismo, ma sempre controproducenti azioni del genere ....

[@somwangphulsombat8468]

Corsican mostly can speak English , can't they ?

[@specchioriflettentedelkarm2570]

Corsica is culturally more similar to Italy than French. It's very close to Italy moreover.

[@spikefivefivefive]

Which explains the violence and corruption there

[@abcbro5698]

@@spikefivefivefive yeah right? cause France is in a much better condition than Italy regarding violence and corruption? 🤣 Don't make me laugh

[@panter82]

@@spikefivefivefive on the corruption you are right, but as far as violence Italy is much safer than france. Violent crime is much lower, check out statistics before talking non sense

[@aussie6639]

Give it back to Italy 🇮🇹

[@matteocarrozz3879]

At the beginning Corsica was Genoese but was continually in revolt against Genoa. So france proposed to genoa to send its army to calm the revolts and then to give the island back to genoa, in exchange for a payment. Dut the French army remained on the island completely at a standstill, pretending to appease the riots. Meanwhile, the Genoese continued to pay but the French remained on the island and made Genoa go bankrupt. After genoa she was forced to sell corsica to france.

[@louisedgar8949]

Many people from Corsica arrive to Puerto Rico over 100 years ago we are mixed with them as well. Very interesting to know

[@solar7907]

I’m Corsican Puerto Rican as well

[@texxon3355]

Indeed, from my mother’s side, I have Corsican descent

[@Utubedeletescomments]

And Canary islands

[@attiliofisher1094]

What i felt there it's a root striclty joint to Italy and to italians, they never considered them french.

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

Corsica was never a part of Italy

[@attiliofisher1094]

@@krazyjnva2up2down55 didn't write this, io wrote just that: "italians never considered them french" and that's true... corsica was an indipendent republic but with italian full influence (italian was official language and in 1765 pasquale paoli founded there an university from where the future ministers and managers would have come)

[@krazyjnva2up2down55]

@@attiliofisher1094 US citizens speak English does that make them from England? 🤣.. many states are still commonwealth and pay tribute to the queen of England. Surely us citizens are British right?

[@attiliofisher1094]

@@krazyjnva2up2down55 italians and corsi (people from corsica) have the same opinion, they don't feel them "french" ... take a flight to bonifacio and ask their opinion on the matter

[@josefpohl5489]

There are 3 lands now ruled by France that don't feel quite french: Brittany, Corsica, Alsace. Lot of people wish they have legally preserved culture and more autonomy.

[@sard-anonimus2818]

France also owns part of the Basque country and part of Catalunya.

[@Joshayne]

You forgot Nizza (Nice in English), Savoia (Savoy in English) and Alta Savoia (Upper Savoy in English)

[@circumit9494]

Lmaoo im from Brittany and Im fully french to me its only old people who dont feel french

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

source:I made it up edit: came back here to tell you this kind of logic is as unfounded as saying "in the us there are 3 group that don't feel american, texas puerto rico and california"

[@invest48]

@@circumit9494 Only veterans use french flags in the ceremonies. Try to erect one in front of your house.

[@ziaglos]

Free Free Corsica. Free Free Corsica. Free Free Corsica. Free Free Corsica. ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

From From Whom? From From Whom? From From Whom? From From Whom? 💅💅💅💅💅💅💅

[@forgetful9845]

@@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33 La Francias

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

@@forgetful9845 you didn't write your comment like an idiot therefore your argument is invalid

[@alessandromorrone3598]

Corsica must become indipendent or under italy.

[@Mark152093]

I doubt that they would want to trade Paris for Rome.

[@tomwait7900]

i love looking at this. I am English and in 2000 i took a bus in the Corsican hills. Lovely people.

[@mredser76]

very interesting topic , I wish more media companies covered separatist movements like this . Felt as though the coverage was unbiased and understanding of the cause.

[@Peace_And_Love42]

This is why I trust Public Broadcast Stations.

[@masterjunky863]

🇮🇹Corsica🇮🇹

[@arx3516]

Italy recognizes french and german as a official languages due to the minorities in Aosta Valley and South Tyrol, why can't France do the same with Corsica?

[@Irfan87]

Because the French are a very proud people and nation, not to mention extremely stubborn too. My best guess as to why they can't follow the footsteps of Italy is something along the lines of it being un-French like to allow such things. They must be of one nationality and language etc.

[@arx3516]

@@Irfan87 It's an outdated way of thinking.

[@Irfan87]

@@arx3516 Of course it is.

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

because that would be unconstitutional and we don't want to start the 6 republic just to add "also corsican breton alsacian basque creole mahoriann wallisian futunian and tahitian are now official languages". furthetmore, recognition pf a language doesn't change a thing, what matters is how much the government spend in school for preserving it

[@guguss3804]

That is not true at all. Italy has only one official language which is Italian. French and German are recognized in Italy as regional languages, that’s it. And Plot twist, Corsican is also recognized in France as a regional language, so your comment really makes no sense.

[@abrahamdiegogaudramirez]

Corsica’s relation with France reminds me of Puerto Rico’s relation with the USA. They both seem to be getting the shortest end of the stick.

[@victorpianet8066]

Except that Corsica is a fully integrated part of metropolitan France wich ensures that every people living in Corsica is a french citizen, and that Corsica has representatives to both the national assembly and the Senate, unlike Puerto Rico !

[@indeed7135]

Victor Pianet 😐🙁🎅🏽

[@fablb9006]

D'Abraham not at all

[@josesantiago863]

I was thinking the same, I watch this video because I’m doing a research on my family’s origins and it so happens that they immigrated from Corsica to Puerto Rico.

[@Ashley-km4qi]

I was thinking the same with Hawai’i too. They belong to Polynesia not the US.

[@richardglady3009]

That was a wonderful story. The coverage was objective and comprehensive (as much as possible in a short video). Thank you very much.

[@Ekphrasys]

I think that besides its independence Corsica is part of Italy : names, culture, language ...everything is very very “italic”... they have nothing to do with France and French !

[@guguss3804]

Ekphrasys Apart that you know... today they mostly speak French and they certainly do Not want to be italian

[@ezioauditore1522]

@@guguss3804 It could be as you say. I would like to point out that the Corsican Constitution of Pasquale Paoli is written in Italian. I wouldn't be so sure in stating that corsicans don't feel Italics. The roots are Italics and cannot be erased otherwise the Corsicans would lose their identity. Politics is another thing.

[@guguss3804]

Tirolumido I can definitely tell you that Corsicans do not want at all to join Italy. It was already a minority before WW2 and every trace of italian irredentism died during WW2. Even the Corsican Language is only spoken by about 100 thousand corsicans now, when Corsica has about 330 thousand inhabitants. Paoli may have written a Constitution in italian, but that was 200 years ago, a lot has happened since then.

[@riccardosebis5333]

Guguss Italy exist by 2000 years, is not France has created the very nation, Corsica is Italian for culture, (Paoli was italian like napoleon)

[@guguss3804]

Riccardo Sebis Again You are acting as if Italy was already a Country which it wasn’t. You could say Napoleon was of Italic culture, Not that he was Italian. He never felt Italian. He felt Corsican and then he felt French. He went to school in France, embraced the French Revolution, asked to be burried in France. He even made Italy a puppet of France. And Italy does not exist since 2000 years at all. The modern Country of Italy was only formed in the Second half of the 19th century. Before that, it was completely divided

[@cman0372]

Enjoying this extraordinary island as I write this . I have traveled to many islands in Europe, but unfortunately it was not until now that I have had the pleasure of being here on Corsica. Yesterday when walking towards the Port I saw written on a wall in massive blue painted letters...." Corsica is not French". I understand the prevailing native sentiment well, but what struck me as odd was that it was written in English...not French or Italian.

[@Peace_And_Love42]

Seems like an intentional choice. I respect it.

[@SonicPhonic]

Ironic. The young man who spoke about Corsica's culture; does he support it? In Canada, Quebecois separatist politicians talk about how their "identity" and then cut language programs and spend that money on hockey arenas. Did they hear the old men: "who will pay our pensions?"

[@giampierover7832]

Corsica is Italian (under international law). France has never bought the "property" of the island. The Republic of Genoa only gave France "temporary possession" of a few places and ports (Treaty of Versailles of 1768). Ownership of the island remained with the Papal State and passed "de jure" to the Italian State in 1929 (Concordat Italy / Papal State).

[@Vitorruy1]

Thats a lie, Italy renounced all claims to Corsica after WW2.

[@giampierover7832]

@@Vitorruy1 Under what international treaty or unilateral act can you say this?

[@tomassarta]

@@Vitorruy1 informalmente ! perchè la richiesta di rinuncia da parte francese sarebbe stata un ammissione di indebito possesso .

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

"under international law" Ok just shut the f up.

[@RaulLopez-kb5fc]

Free Corsica.

[@richardschiffman7657]

No

[@lorenzobho5552]

Yes

[@justafrenchguy4464]

🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@Jlp.94]

SI!

[@italiangirl231]

🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️🏳️

[@NYKgjl10]

I plan to go to Corsica one day to visit.

[@junkersintutus4282]

That flag is awesome; FREE CORSICA!

[@Ekphrasys]

Junkers in Tutus the flag is the same as Sardinian ‘s flag !

[@italiangirl231]

🏳️

[@matteocarrozz3879]

at the beginning Corsica was Genoese but was continually in revolt against Genoa. so france proposed to genoa to send its army to calm the revolts and then to give the island back to genoa, in exchange for a payment. but the French army remained on the island completely at a standstill, pretending to appease the riots. Meanwhile, the Genoese continued to pay but the French remained on the island and made Genoa go bankrupt. after genoa she was forced to sell corsica to france.

[@thehistorynerd4845]

Its origins are a bit horrible. The moors head is seen on the Corsican, Sardinian and aragonian flag and it depicts the head of a black moor. The moors were a group of Muslims from Spain who arrived during the caliphate times and never left and suffered heavy persecution an would be executed under the inquisition

[@thehistorynerd4845]

@Hi You well corsica is packed between Italy france and Spain an area which Arabs raided a lot so I’m not sure but I think it is was for their ancestors to covey their anger

[@sink2a]

you forget to mention the moment when France provided land and resources to repatriated colons after the independence of Algeria, to the detriment of the Corsicans on their own land

[@Rick_Cleland]

Hi Flo!! Let's get Married!!

[@rteja764]

i m also in line!

[@Born782]

Leave my wife alone !!!)))))))

[@MarcioCapuera]

@@Born782 OMG there are long line to get my girl. I have a crush on her :)

[@syphon_9892]

@@MarcioCapuera is florence villeminot french-canadian

[@issac8772]

Buffs what?

[@Dceva2]

Corsica deve essere parte di Italia

[@mydogisbailey]

Let them be independent and see the economy and quality of life crumble to the ground. Zero aid

[@GerrySantiago1982]

My grandmother‘s father is a Corsica native on my mom side so I’m thinking maybe I could have Italian heritage?

[@solar7907]

Most likely I’m guessing the same for me cause most corsicans have Italian names

[@Nico-iv3wr]

As an Italian I can garantee you that corsican language is 90% mutually intelligible with italian, their names are italian, their culture is italian. Only politically is a part of France, a colony. Napoleon was actually called Napoleone di Buonaparte but changed his name to adapt it to french

[@sisilafamille7650]

@@Nico-iv3wr Corsica has been French since 1768, you are naive if you believe that French culture did not permeate Corsica. Corsicans have their own cultures, they do not want to be attached to the Italians. Corsica is a French department, not a colony. What do you think Corsica brings to France, apart from being a beautiful island for a holiday? When one colonizes one seeks to use the country's resources, Corsica has no raw materials and lives mainly thanks to the French state, on which the island is very dependent. Besides, the Corsicans want more autonomy, they are not looking to leave France, in the vast majority. Corsica has Italian influences it is true but it is a French island, absolutely not a colony.

[@Nico-iv3wr]

@@sisilafamille7650 Corsica has not italian influence, Corsica is literally italian, lol. The language literally comes from Tuscan, the same language from which Italian comes, therefore any Italian can understand Corsican and viceversa. I know they depend from France, that's why many people don't want its independence, but still many do. Corsica is a colony, it's not only about raw material, it's also about its geographic position and EEZ. It's been franchised for centuries now, but it managed to maintain its culture, regardless of the many French from the mainland

[@sisilafamille7650]

@@Nico-iv3wr I agree with you on the Corsican culture which has similarities with the Italian culture. But they still have their own culture. The Quebecois are literally descendants of the French. They speak French, they know our history well, common to theirs. But they do not consider themselves French, but Quebecois and then Canadian. Even if they tend to follow French trends sometimes, they have their own culture. Quebec looks more like a North American territory where French is spoken than a North American version of France. And even if Italy is closer to Corsica than the large ocean which separates France from Canada. There are silmilitudes. Even if Corsican sounds Italian for you, they are not. They consider themselves to be Corsican, nothing else. Today Corsicans all speak French and an estimated 30,000 Corsican speakers on the island (only 10%). Corsica has been French for 253 years. There is obviously a strong French influence in Corsica, even though the island retains its uniqueness. And no, this is not a colony, Corsica costs France more money than Corsica earns. Corsicans have exactly the same rights as any other Frenchman. Most locals know that the island will have great difficulty if it becomes independent. Economically it will already be very hard. And many regional powers, such as Italy, will be interested in Corsica. They have no interest in being independent, in fact the majority only wants more autonomy than independence. Corsicans are not exploited. And if one day they want the indepandance et vote for it, they dont want to be attached to Italy. They want a corsican nation.

[@edenender]

Corsica was a free republic from 1750 to 1769 when was brutally conquered by France. So freedom for Corsu

[@Matthew-cw3gn]

Italians did not rule over Corsica. Corsicans are Italians. France is the one ruling over Corsica. Corsica was part of an Italian Republic.

[@mkgvlc4]

Of two actually ( It has under Pisan rule before Genoa) and Aldo under papal control for dime years, and even forba few years..Ive been therr, its so clearly a colonized territory by France

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

Italy state = 1861

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

Corsicans are not italians ! Corsicans are like natives in u.s.a ...

[@feridseyidov4392]

i am interested in what think the population of Corica, what they want. To get more autonomy or to be as a part of Italia?

[@Miuccia.]

We definitely don’t want to be Italians, we are our own selves, we want autonomy and if we can rebuild our state and economy, there is no reason we couldn’t become independent, however, independence isn’t the most important thing to remember when you think about Corsica, I would say it is not important at all actually, what bothers me as a Corsican is the hostility from the French state, the total denial of a democratic wish expressed peacefully through the ballot box. But if you are interested in what most corsicans think, let me tell you they are nationalists or at least agree with most things they say.

[@solar7907]

Free Corsica

[@Nill-o8z]

You cannot "free" corsica when the majority in the island doesnt want this to happen. Let alone those in the mainland.

[@Miuccia.]

Clados I am corsican and let me tell you man I don’t know ONE SINGLE CORSICAN that doesn’t want independence

[@fakechloe207]

@@Miuccia. but don't you think it's dangerous to rush it?

[@a.maskil9073]

Who cares what the mainland thinks? It's not their business.

[@arx117]

Pattani is in southern thailand wanted to be free, but thai refuse to let them go despite they are different race

[@rolletroll2338]

@@a.maskil9073it will be yours if you think you can ignore that.

[@Dani-yg8gi]

Amici Corsi, quando un italiano viene nel vostro paese parlategli nella vostra lingua, non in francese!

[@martinemjt]

Free Corsica from France. France doesn't t care for any of the land they " colonize" they just want the waterways. That s why with the smallest land mass, it possesses the most waterways. Trafficking ,the way of the French.

[@Sandfish-zw6id]

france don't own any colony now are you stupid ?!? these lands you call "colonies" are french people have french nationality and feel like it (remember the referendums we made in the 2000's Corsica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and french Polynesia voted to remain french !)

[@ericlouclair2585]

It is the true face of every country! The chinese colonizer destroyed tibet! The french colonizer destroyed algeria, corsica!

[@italiangirl231]

Vi libererete🏳️

[@deliciousravioli3007]

You are not French at all stfu

[@SonicPhonic]

I just finished watching a lengthy series about the "mafia" in Cosica. Any updates?

[@eugeniocapelli9316]

Corsica, libera nazione

[@ludovicob6603]

🇮🇹 stai scrivendo in italiano e. Hai nome e cognome italiani 😅 mi capirai sicuro perché il corso è un dialetto italiano

[@catsfrommars]

I'm here because of Alizee

[@Christinesammie]

Who will pay our pensions? Oh...France. Not Corsica. Money rules! As usual.

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

Christine what can this do for you ??? if one day we are independent, well, those who feel French and want their pensions will go to mainland France ... that's all, there is not only money in life.

[@caxaptt6514]

@@thebeastofbrayroad9382 doesn't France pay pensions to her citizens who reside abroad?

[@JuanGarcia-hm7ux]

Florence villeminot you’re amazing

[@trojanette8345]

Please consider providing an e-mail address for your hosts (Jeannie Godula and Flo Villeminot) under your channel, KZbin "About" tab or somewhere on your France24 website. Have mercy on your audience as, not everyone does social media. You have left those of us (not on social media) with no way to contact either host directly, if we so choose.

[@dewitt3453]

Corsica isn’t French, it’s Corsican.

[@Isykléos]

Corsica è italiana!

[@ghjuvincenti]

MJoker3 you wanna start a fight

[@PRmoustache88]

Corsicans are uniquely Corsican.

[@Isykléos]

random guy sì ma la Corsica è una regione e non è uno stato, ed è molto più italiana che francese, secondo me le autonomie di territori così piccoli sono stupide, vedi la padania o la catalogna

[@christmar67]

in your dreams

[@simon2312]

evita queste provocazioni, sono controproducenti. tutti sappiamo che la corsica è culturalmente più vicina all'italia

[@realauthenthickpopfannosar7304]

These is how most foreigners view Corsicans Corsican: Very very dramatic quote

[@charlesdang4670]

Hi Flow, what is happening in Corsica?? An update please... :)

[@secondaryaccount9535]

Guys doesn't it remind you of America with Hawaii, Hawaii has it own language, food, flag, culture yet its an american state.

[@forgetful9845]

Do the people in Hawaii want independence though?

[@pippocannelunghe1411]

Has the american government ever attempted to kill their language and culture like the french did with the corsican? Probably that's the difference.

[@huskydogable]

Hawaiian is an official language along with English in Hawaii.

[@caxaptt6514]

@@pippocannelunghe1411 "ever attempted to kill their language" - from 1896-1986

[@Ashley-km4qi]

@@forgetful9845 yes most do! But they’re being overshadowed because their numbers aren’t big enough. Native Hawaiians are becoming more extinct and most are homeless in their own land because of the influx of people moving to the islands making it more expensive to live there. It’s a huge problem that is overlooked.

[@unique7988]

Peccato che abbiamo perso La Corsica alla Francia. 🇮🇹

[@Letstakaboutit]

Non l'abbiamo persa, ce l'hanno rubata, tipico lavoro alla francese

[@thehistorynerd4845]

Tutti conosciamo la Corsica e nice (la città) appartengono entrambi a noi

[@MLSSTM]

It's not "complex". It's simply Italian.

[@antonio36996]

Not the same ... do not put catalan and corsica together. she did not touch on the differences.

[@margolyn8291]

Beautiful ❤️❤️

[@orestes67]

reminds of Puerto Rico and the US

[@riccardosebis5333]

A day, with sardinian, a unic state

[@slappy8941]

Corsica is the Sicily of France.

[@italiangirl231]

🏳️

[@italiangirl231]

@Corso Nazionalista Un giorno vi libererete

[@masterjunky863]

No.

[@riccardosebis5333]

Semmai la sardegna

[@onda2981]

@@italiangirl231 sei troppo dolce

[@alfonsopanarisi8852]

Corsica è italiana.

[@fivizzano]

Its NOT a "French" island ... its BONAPARTE that owns France.... even now ...

[@ymk8355]

What on earth is greater metropolitan France? Calling a whole country metropolitan is pejorative (at least in english). All previous empires have done away with this colonial word

[@dalmatiaball7687]

6:20 so basically Dalmatia if there was an armed insurgency

[@samsadeniz]

There is no "relationship" you stole it from italian people.

[@Nill-o8z]

It was bought from genoa...

[@JXSantini]

Corsica was bought at Gene by France whereas it was at that time the independent and under a republic, the republic of Corsica having drawn up the 1st constitution of the modern world in 1755

[@Jlp.94]

Non è stata comprata. Leggetevi il trattato va

[@randomguy5189]

@@Jlp.94 il trattato firmato tra due potenze senza chiedere niente alla popolazione come disse paoli siamo stati venduti come un branco di pecore la corsica fu rubata si ma non all'italia al suo popolo che col sangue aveva respinto il governo Genovese che per più di 500 anni trattava l'isola come una colonia da sfruttare

[@pippocannelunghe1411]

@@Nill-o8z France never bought corsica. They stole it with a scam. Go read what really happened from real historians.

[@Letstakaboutit]

All bullshits, Corsica was never given to France from Genova's republic. In that time Geova asked help to Frence in order to stop the island insurrection for the independence. Genova agreed to temporarily cede the island with one of the Versail treaties but only until the island was liberated by the revolutionaries. In exchange, Genova undertook to pay the French troops. Unfortunately, however, the French army never left the island, appropriating illegitimately. Therefore Corsica is still legitimately owned by the republic of Genoa and since today it is part of Italy it must be considered Italian.

[@Snooper810]

what a beautiful girl who is talking about the Island

[@robertocalibancove8245]

There is a mistake in the first sentence of the video, Corsica is Italy not France.

[@teosprock3508]

Hah what

[@jumman5589]

😂

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

Is corsican , not italian or french or chines !

[@AntonyTes]

La Corsica è una provincia indipendente ITALIANA

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

Corsa , micca italiana

[@fioraz1988]

It's literally a French colony in the Italian geographical area. That's why it's troubled, they're culturally not French. Only the citizenship is French but not for their choice.

[@uduehdjztyfjrdjciv2160]

Corsica was illegally conquered by french colonists. Corsican lives matters. Also pay reparations for colonial period 🤗

[@eddieibarra356]

Did you know there is a significant amounts of Puerto Ricans that have Corsican ancestry.

[@dariomarsanic9423]

Long live the memory of the hero Pasqual Paoli!

[@sevinjhidayat2977]

I want Corsica FREE, BASTA! Support from Karabakh Azerbaijan! We liberated Karabakh from France's ally and occupant fascist Armenia, you can liberate Corsica from France! Love Italy and Corsica!

[@skatedd2451]

Freedom to Corsica

[@לעזאזלעםגוביידן]

Napoleon Bonaparte will be mad

[@eiraremejeene]

Oh! For some seconds there I thought this was sort of a response to Miss France 2018. Hahaha

[@frederick-nrunkkamara103]

Sacre bleu! Love the show.

[@dausmoithai6198]

Vive La Corse

[@christmar67]

independance ? Without money,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!!

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

Yes . And without french

[@spikefivefivefive]

- Just like the ungrateful child who wants to leave the parents but can't.

[@christmar67]

Honni soit qui mal y penseDieu et mon Droit,,, ,Enjoy your meal !

[@scemochilegge777]

Ridateci la nostra isola

[@hornkraft9438]

Yes, Corsica is just like Puerto Rico. Different culture, different language, bombing the mainland in the 1970s, lives off of charity from the mainland ... Yep, that's like Puerto Rico! Wants independence but keep those government checks coming ...

[@guguss3804]

Horn Kraft It is not at all like Puerto Rico... Corsica is represented at the French Parliament... do not say stupid stuff

[@Ashley-km4qi]

And Hawaii too. I think Hawaii has it even worse because ever since the US took control, the natives are becoming extinct and the Hawaiian language is being forgotten about. It’s now overrun by white tourists who only appropriate the culture and are the main reason why natives are becoming homeless because they can’t even afford to live on their own land.

[@GuonMr]

@@Ashley-km4qi Also overrun by Japanese & British.

[@Ashley-km4qi]

@@GuonMr yes that too

[@MD-yb5kw]

free Corsica.

[@sink2a]

You forgot the times where french was buying all the milk produced in corsica at very low price to kill (once again) the economic autonomy of Corsica and Corsicans

[@Sofus.]

I declare my house to be a new republic

[@ericlouclair2585]

Why france against germany occupation?

[@masterjunky863]

This is not the case

[@max45l]

Napoléon was born in corsica so never you'll never leave France !

[@josefpohl5489]

You are funny. French accomplished a lot from other nations half of your famous people are not ethnically french.

[@christmar67]

In his testament Napoléon say " For my dead in want to be in Paris near the Seine and with the people of France " never he said "i want to be in corsica"

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

@@christmar67 NAPOLÉON WAS CORSICAN ! not Chinese, not Congolese, not Brazilian, or Papuans !!! It seems that it makes you feel belly to say that he was Corsican ! It is shocking ! George Washington was what he ? Mexican ? . Corsica island was " Genoese by force of guns » , as it is today she hes « French by the force of guns too » , since 1768 ... " Five or six families share the thrones of Europe and they see with pain that a Corsican has come to sit on one of them . I can not maintain myself there by force . " « Napoleon Bonaparte 1804 » . even Adolf Hitler recognized that Napoleon was Corsican . « As far as France is concerned , one must think that its military reputation is not due to the state of mind of the bulk of its population , but simply to the fact that it has benefited , on the continent, from military constellations . which were favorable to him . Every time she found herself in front of the resolute Germans , she was beaten under Frederick the Great in 1940 , and so on . The fact that a military genius like the Corsican Napoléon could have led her to great historical victories does not change anything » . Hitler that unknown (Hitlers Tischgesprache im Führerhauptquartier) (1951) , Adolf Hitler , notes by Henry Picker , ed . Presses de la cité , 1969 , April 5 , 1942 , p . 284

[@Dennis-ew1xs]

Gary Plauch did you forget to take your medication?

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

@@Dennis-ew1xs hello Dennis Prm , could I know why you told me this please ?

[@robert9016]

2:26 respect to the guy recording him with a dirty samsung

[@akbarshoed]

Why does she keep looking at notes? Isn't this her country she's talking about?

[@danielhosana6769]

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[@randomguy5189]

italians never ruled corsica for starters Italia was proclaims as an unified nation in 1860 tuscans did rule the island i know today tuscans identify as italians but back in the days napolitans sicilians Genovese milanese venetian all those factions were independant from one another so it is anachronic to say italians rule the island when italians did not yet exist as a coherent and united nation they spoke different language and were fighting often one another last thing i want to mention is that corsica became french in 1869 not 68 and even then it was more of a military occupation than a real annexion

[@davideleotube]

You are mistaking the Italian State for Italians. Throughout their millennial history, italic peoples have rarely been politically united, that's part of our character, we are peoples of city states and regional autonomies, a character which apparently the Corse people preserved better than their mainland brothers did after the political unification and that makes them paradoxically more genuinely Italian than legal Italians. That said, Italy was united under the Kingdom of Sardinia, once Kingdom of Sardinia and Corse.

[@ericlouclair2585]

Not recognized as political prisoners? Well! They are political prisoners!

[@makotohanamiya4510]

Let Jean Christophe Bonaparte becomes Prince of Corsica.

[@giannicossu3282]

Lu corsu faedda Lu gadduresu,

[@tritiyo_noyon]

in other words France occupied it

[@Historyboi-vn7gd]

Indigenous? U mean Italian or Native what kinda of racism is this the indigenous are the native American s before colombus not the Corsican s

[@forgetful9845]

indigenous doesnt just refer to native americans

[@forgetful9845]

Italians are indigenous to italy

[@caxaptt6514]

@@forgetful9845 guess it's that the term is more often applied to areas with heavy foreign presence while the native population rides in the back of the bus, so to speak.

[@forgetful9845]

@@caxaptt6514 yeah you're right, ive learned more about it since i made that comment, it refers to like, natives of an area that still exist but are the minority compared to a different group that migrated to that area.

[@samjarvis6499]

"I'm Corsican not french..." they say speak french, rather than Corsican. Speak French, you're french.

[@AFKNotMisha]

@Franny F and that's italian

[@mustafasas7012]

@Franny F se conosci bene il dialetto della corsica allora riesci benissimo a capirmi. Abbiamo la stessa lingua, siamo italiani, venite da noi in italia, vi tratteremo bene e sarete una regione a statuto speciale

[@SadieDLdn]

What a silly comment. If that’s the case anyone who speaks English is English.

[@dede19833]

You are funny. I can speak 4 languages with almost no accent ; how would you know where Iam from ?

[@princesshassim6009]

Madame Villeminot, it does not matter that your nation TOOK IT BY FORCE in the 1700's, taken by force is still taken by force......nations should learn that just because they took something by force and may have owned it for centuries, it still does not make it theirs. If i still money from another OBVIOUSLY it is not mine.....not even if i lasted a thousand years, MADAME.

[@thebeastofbrayroad9382]

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[@algerianamazigh5442]

Free Corsica