A “historical” day, according to the councilor. A Palestinian flag was raised this Monday, September 22, around 9:40 am on Monday, around the pediment of the City Council of Saint-Denis, in the presence of the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, who had asked for this pavement on Monday, the day when President Emmanuel Macron must formalize the recognition of France of the State of Palestinian during a UN General Assembly.
Mathieu Hanotin, mayor of PS of Saint-Denis, evokes a gesture to “mark the solidarity” of the city and “approves the decision of the president” Emmanuel Macron, who will recognize this state.
“When raising the flag in the pediment of the municipalities, it is about saying our solidarity to a people in danger,” adds Stéphane Toussel, president of the Sena-Saint-Denis Departmental Council.
“Historical Decision”
The city of Saint-Denis is not the only one to raise the Palestinian flag. Other French cities have expressed the same intention. 21 In total at 9 am, according to the Ministry of Interior.
“Tonight, the President of the Republic will announce to the UN the recognition of the State of Palestine. Nantes accompanies this historical decision of the French Republic when raising, for the day, the Palestinian flag,” he wrote Monday morning about X Mayor Ps de Nantes, Johanna Rolland, while the flag already floats in the front of his city, scored an AFP journalist.
The mayor of the PCF stains (Seine-Saint-Denis) Azzédine Taïbi “also raised the Palestinian flag, as well as that of the UN flag and peace,” he told AFP. The red, black, green and green banner must be exhibited in the pediment of other municipalities in the Parisian suburbs, such as Nanterre, Bagneux, Gennevilliers, Ivry-Sur-Seine or Corbeil-Esonnes.
In Malakoff, the communist mayor had preceded the call and placed a Palestinian flag on Friday, remained in the pediment of the City Council, despite a court order of the Administrative Court of Cergy-Pontoise, for appealing the prefect of Hauts-de-Seine.
Source: BFM TV
