Institutional and statutory evolution of the island During the 2000s, the political debate in Martinique focused on the question of the evolution of the island's status. Two political ideologies, assimilationism and autonomism, clashed. On the one hand, there are those who want a change of status based on Article 73 of the French Constitution, i.e., that all French laws apply in Martinique as of right, which in law is called legislative identity, and on the other hand, the autonomists who want a change of status based on Article 74 of the French Constitution, i.e., an autonomous status subject to the regime of legislative specialty following the example of St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.
institutional and statutory evolution of the island during the 2000s the political debate in martinique focused on the question of the evolution of the island's status two political ideologies assimilationism and autonomism clashed on the one hand there are those who want a change of status based on article 73 of the french constitution ie that all french laws apply in martinique as of right which in law is called legislative identity and on the other hand the autonomists who want a change of status based on article 74 of the french constitution ie an autonomous status subject to the regime of legislative specialty following the example of st martin and st barthelemy