Macron in Corsica to unveil monument

President will visit on February 6

Published wednesday 24. January 2018 - 15:00 Modified wednesday 24. January 2018 - 15:00

President Macron will be in Corsica on February 6 to unveil a monument marking 20 years since prefect Claude Erignac was shot by a nationalist militant.

The president of the Corsican Assembly, nationalist Jean-Guy Talamoni, has said he will not attend as he does not think Mr Erignac’s family would wish it. However. his political partner autonomist Gilles Simeoni, who heads the island’s ‘mini-government’, is expected to be present.

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