Sardinia and Corsica are not two peripheral regions to be sacrificed on the altar of energy speculation. They are two nations, united by the same sea, the same history, and the same responsibility: to defend the Mediterranean from an unprecedented industrial assault.
This was stated by Mauro Pili, investigative journalist and former regional president, at the end of the Sartène meeting dedicated to the offshore wind projects threatening the sea between Sardinia and Corsica.
I thank the mayor of Sartène and independence leader Paulu Felici Benedetti, the representatives of Core in Fronte in the Corsican Assembly, and all our Corsican brothers and sisters who have shared a common plan to defend our sea. From this discussion comes a political, civic, and grassroots commitment that transcends all administrative boundaries.
"The sea that geographically separates Sardinia from Corsica is, in reality, what has always united us. It is a single ecosystem, a single millennia-old route, a vital space for coastal communities, fishing, navigation, the landscape, and the freedom of our people. No one," warns Pili, "can reduce it to a vast industrial platform on which to place hundreds of gigantic wind turbines."
The projects advancing in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Strait of Bonifacio, and along the northern and western coasts of Sardinia cannot be viewed as isolated initiatives. They are part of a single plan: to occupy the sea, transform the horizons of our islands, and use Sardinia and Corsica as territories serving external financial and energy interests.
Behind the false image of a harmless ecological transition, the former regional president argues, "lies a new colonization. The tools may change, but the method remains unchanged: making decisions far from the islands, handing over maritime spaces to multinationals, and leaving the environmental, landscape, economic, and social impacts to local populations. This is why we must immediately build a permanent Sardinian-Corsican mobilization, capable of involving administrators, movements, fishermen, maritime workers, scholars, and local communities. We need joint coordination that acts at the political, technical, legal, and international levels, taking this battle to the Italian and French governments and European institutions."
The message is clear: "Sardinia and Corsica must speak with one voice. We cannot allow decisions made in Rome, Paris, or Brussels to erase the sovereignty of our communities over the sea, which they have guarded for millennia. This is not a battle against clean energy. It is a battle against speculation that uses the energy transition as a license to occupy territories, landscapes, and horizons. The true energy revolution must respect people, distribute benefits, and protect the environment. When it devastates the sea and deprives communities of the right to decide, it is not progress: it is colonialism."
A clear message comes from Sartène: the Sardinian-Corsican sea is not for sale. "Defending it means defending our identity, our economy, and the right of future generations to recognize themselves in their own horizons. Together, we can stop this assault. The sea knows no borders, and from today, neither will our mobilization."
(Unioneonline)