an agreement was reached, ports and airports unblocked

The strike which has paralyzed Corsican ports and airports since Thursday afternoon has been lifted, a delegate from the Corsican workers’ union (STC) announced on Friday October 4 afternoon, information confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) by the two prefectures. Thousands of travelers have been stranded since Thursday afternoon because of this strike movement over the future management of the island’s ports and airports.

“The president (autonomist of the island’s executive council, Gilles) Simeoni has reached an agreement with the minister, we are lifting all the blockages”declared to the media Laurent Filippi, of the Corsican workers’ union (STC), at the end of a meeting between the prefects of Corsica and Haute-Corse and the inter-union STC-CGT-CFECGC. The two prefectures confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) the lifting of the strike.

“The terms of an agreement have been found”also told AFP the entourage of Gilles Simeoni who had specified that discussions had been underway since Thursday evening between the president of the executive council of Corsica and the Minister of Partnership with the Territories and Decentralization Catherine Vautrin. The ministry confirmed the conclusion of an agreement to AFP.

According to the Mediterranean maritime prefecture, five passenger ships were waiting at sea near the ports of Ajaccio and Bastia, unable to dock, with around 2,100 people on board in total.

This social movement followed Gilles Simeoni’s outburst of anger on Thursday over the reluctance expressed by a representative of the prefect on a system allowing the Chamber of Commerce (CCI) to continue to manage the island’s airports and ports.