The legal battle has not finally ended. The municipality of Les Sables-d’Olonne (Vendee) has indeed noted. Figaro that he was going to occupy the Council of State after the Administrative Court of Appeal of Nantes, on Friday, September 16, confirmed in an appeal that the statue of the Archangel Saint Michel should be removed from the public space, because it is considered; “religious symbol”. The Appellate Administrative Court finds in its decision that “forbidden” to erect a religious statue in a public place “Under Article 28 of the Law of December 9, 1905 on the Separation of Church and State.”
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Thus, it confirms the judgment of the first instance, made on December 16, 2021 by the Administrative Court of Nantes, citing the association La Libre-pensée against anyone. “Interference of religions in public affairs”.. The latter took legal action to remove this building from the public space. The statue of Saint Michael the Archangel…
Source: Le Figaro
