Editing Savoy (section)

===Modern historiographical debates===

In recent years,{{when|date=August 2014}} sparked by the tiny Savoyard separatist movement, much attention has been focused on questioning the validity of the 1860 annexation. The Ligue Savoisienne, for example, rejects the Treaty of Turin and subsequent plebiscite as null and void, arguing that the plebiscite did not meet the standards of a free and fair vote. Today, historians generally acknowledge that the plebiscite of 1860 did feature irregularities, but they also affirm that the annexation instrument was the Treaty of Turin and not the plebiscite, whose main purpose was to demonstrate favorable public opinion in Savoy for the annexation after the signature of the treaty.<ref>[http://www.savoie.fr/archives73/expo_annexion/pano_5_/thumb.html 1860, La Savoie de l'Annexion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231623/http://www.savoie.fr/archives73/expo_annexion/pano_5_/thumb.html |date=2016-03-03 }}, Archives Départementales de la Savoie</ref> In an interview for the newspaper ''[[Le Dauphiné Libéré]]'', Sylvain Milbach, a historian at the [[University of Savoy]], qualifies the vote as Napoleonic, but also argues that a completely free and fair vote would not have dramatically changed the outcome, as the majority of Savoyards wished to become French.<ref>[http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie-francaise-sylvain-milbach-le-oui-etait-acquis--@/index.jspz?article=122676 Savoie Française: Sylvain Milbach: "Le 'oui' était acquis"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424095425/http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie-francaise-sylvain-milbach-le-oui-etait-acquis--@/index.jspz?article=122676 |date=2009-04-24 }}</ref> This is today the official stance of the [[Departements of France|General Council]] of [[Savoie]].