“I would not have made that decision”: when Bayrou opposed to the milestone of the flags after the death of John Paul II

Is this a position investment by François Bayrou? The French flags will put themselves in half mail in public buildings this Saturday, said Prime Minister’s services this Tuesday, April 22, after the death of Pope Francis.

This measure had already been taken in April 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II. Then he had divided the political class. Among the opponents of this misery was François Bayrou, at the time President of the Party of the UDF Law (Union for French Democracy).

François Bayrou will not go to the Pope’s funeral

He then estimated that this decision “does not correspond to the distinction that must be made between spiritual convictions and political and national elections.”

“I would certainly not have made that decision,” said the words informed by the world.

Dominique de Vilepin, then Minister of the Interior and responsible for the cults, recalled “Republican Uses” after the death of a Pope, since misery applies “to the heads of state in the position with whom France maintains privileged relations”.

Arrangements “applied on the occasion of the deaths of Pius XII, Jean XXIII and Jean-Paul Ier, as under the previous republics,” he said to Dominique de Villepin in 2005.

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This is not the last clear position of the Head of Government regarding the relationship with the Vatican. François Bayrou, today Prime Minister, disapproved in 2008 the reception of Pope Benoît XVI in the Elysée, declaring himself “No Fana” of the passage of the sovereign pontiff in the Presidential Palace.

“I have a pretty simple idea, it is not mixing the State and religion,” he justified.

A few hours after the death of Pope Francis on Monday, the prime minister pointed out “a moment of great emotion for those who loved this personality.”

François Bayrou did not plan to go to the funeral of the sovereign pontiff, scheduled for this Saturday. On the contrary, Emmanuel Macron and the Interior Minister responsible for the cults Bruno Retilleau will go to the ceremony. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot will also be part of the French delegation.