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Corsica nationalists demand more freedoms after election gainsAJACCIO (FRANCE) (AFP) - Nationalists seeking greater autonomy for France's Corsica on Monday ruled out a Catalan-style independence bid but demanded greater freedoms for the island after winning the first round of regional elections.The governing Pe a Corsica (For Corsica) alliance -- made up of the pro-autonomy Femu a Corsica (Let's Make Corsica) and pro-independence Corsica Libera (Free Corsica) -- won 45.36 percent of the vote in Sunday's election to the regional assembly.Read more at: http://www.france24.com/en/20171204-corsica-nationalists-demand-more-freedoms-after-election-gains-0