Strasbourg
An exercise in repentance. Or catch. Then “catch-up catch-up”according to former socialist mayor Catherine Trautman, who claimed “the necessary spirit of harmony”. As the city council of Strasbourg on Monday, with the financing of places of worship as a main topic, there was less agreement than announced. The opposition, which abstained, immediately recalled the controversy surrounding the March 2021 vote for a €2.563 million grant to the Millî Görüs Association to finance Turkey’s Eyub Sultan Mosque, the largest in Europe.
Then the debate broke out when one of the YELK MPs condemned “Atmosphere of Islamophobia”, before lying low. No, he qualified, he wasn’t targeting Jean-Philippe Vetter (LR), who asked: “Architectural integration of future projects into the landscape”citing “The Great Mosque of Strasbourg as a success”.without the minaret, which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary
Source: Le Figaro
