National Liberation Front of Corsica

National Liberation Front of Corsica
Fronte di liberazione naziunale di a Corsica
Front de libération nationale corse
Dates of operation4 May 1976 – active
Active regionsCorsica, France
French mainland
IdeologyCorsican nationalism
Anti-French sentiment
Anti-semitism (alleged)[1][2][3]
Environmentalism
Secessionism
Factions:
Left-wing nationalism
Right-wing nationalism
SloganA Francia Fora ! (France out!)[4]
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsCorsican conflict
Preceded by
Fronte Paesanu Corsu per a Liberazione (FPCL), Ghjustizia Paolina

The National Liberation Front of Corsica (Corsican: Fronte di liberazione naziunale di a Corsica or Fronte di liberazione naziunale corsu; French: Front de libération nationale corse, abbreviated FLNC) is a name used by many militant groups that advocate an independent state on the island of Corsica, separate from France. The organisations are primarily present in Corsica and less so on the French mainland. A Conculta Naziunalista was often considered to be the political wing of the original organisation.[7]

Typical militant acts by the FLNC were bombings aimed at public buildings, banks, tourist infrastructure, military buildings and other perceived French symbols, in addition to aggravated assault against civilians, armed bank robbery, and extortion against private enterprises through so-called "revolutionary taxes". The attacks were usually performed against buildings and the island's infrastructures, but it was also not uncommon for the FLNC to have individual people as targets, such as Claude Érignac, who was killed in 1998.

A road sign near Bastìa with the non-Corsican place names defaced, signed by the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC)
FLNC fighters
  1. ^ "Anti-Semitic and anti-French graffiti condemned in Corsica". RFI. 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Vers une alliance entre le FLNC et le Hamas". Atlantico. 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Corse : Enquête ouverte après la découverte de tags antisémites à Calvi". The Times of Israel. 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ "«La France dehors» : le FLNC revendique une série d'explosions en Corse" (in French). 9 October 2023.
  5. ^ The Corsican Time-Bomb, p. 141, Robert Ramsay, UK: Manchester University Press, 1983. ISBN 0-7190-0893-X
  6. ^ "Corsican nationalists warn jihadists of tough response". BBC News. 28 July 2016.
  7. ^ Paris tightens grip on Corsican warlords, The Independent, 1 February 1997.