Bruno Retailleau does not want Palestinian flags in the feeding of municipalities in France. The Interior Resignation Minister issued a telegram this Friday, September 19 in the Prefects, when Olivier Faure requested his Pavida on September 22, the expected date of the official recognition of the State of Palestine by France.
“The principle of neutrality of the public service prohibits such bets,” says Beauvau, asking the prefects “to refer to the administrative jurisdiction” the decision of the mayors who would decide to appear in their City Council in Palestinian colors.
This announcement takes place in a context of swollen controversy on social networks and among political figures, including Jérôme Guys, who had accused Olivier Faure of having “created a powerful discomfort through the borders of the Jewish community.”
Two years of Imbroglio
In the last two years, several mayors have decided to show a flag in the pediment of their town hall, sometimes that of Ukraine, Palestine or Israel. For the Palestinian flag, the prefectures of Sena-Saint-Denis and the Hauts-de-Seine had requested as soon as the municipalities of Saint-Denis and Gennevilliers were requested to immediately withdraw the Palestinian flag, despite the legal vagueness that continues in the problem.
“No legal status is attached” to the Pavanity of the pediments of the municipalities, or even for the French and European flags, recalled Ethienne Colason, a public law lawyer, despite a use that has greatly democratized.
The “neutrality” of public services at stake
Based on the principle of “neutrality of public services”, the pavilion of foreign flags or other statements considered policies in the pediment of the municipalities, in France, is generally prohibited.
Regarding the Israeli flag, in Niza, the Court had made only one decision, Rejecting at the end of May 2024 “due to lack of emergency” A summary appeal presented by three citizens of the Niza anonyms.
After the requests made by the prefectures, Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice, said he had “made commitments to the Nice” for the pavement of the Israeli flags and indicated that he wanted to leave him to the last Israeli hostage, before he was finally forced to withdraw it.
Source: BFM TV
