The French-owned island of Corsica, obtained on Tuesday in Brussels a prolongation of its fiscal derogation and the development aid needed to boost the economy.
Corsica has a special status that grants it a number of fiscal derogations and economic advantages but these are due to expire in 2006. The French Interieor Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, together with 19 Corsicans representatives, including nationalists, came to the European Commission to urge that the special status be continued.
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