Grenoble
Burkiney is no longer welcome in Grenoble! This Tuesday, the State Council, the Supreme Administrative Court, upheld the decision of the administrative court adopted on May 25. This contradicted the discussion of the Grenoble city council, which a few days ago allowed to wear this Islamic swimsuit. city pools.
The judge of the chambers of the State Council finds in his decision that: “For health or safety reasons, the strict exclusion of the general law on the right to wear a swimsuit to satisfy a religious requirement is likely to affect the proper functioning of the public service.” He also emphasizes the fact that this change in the internal rules of swimming pools “Disrupts equal treatment of users in order to violate the neutrality of public service.”
It took seven days for the Council of State to decide on the serious matter before it, following an appeal by the City of Grenoble, following a decision by an administrative court. The June 14 hearing before the Council of State took place in the context of a heated debate marked by the intervention of Grenoble EELV Mayor Eric Piole, who showed a judge in various swimsuits, including a burkin, to defend his position. . Near the city, the debate was also attended by the Human Rights League and the pro-Burkina Faso Civic Alliance.
Two labeled pools
Thus, wearing a burqa in the pools of Grenoble will remain banned, despite the decision made in the tense context voted by the municipality on May 16. Following this vote, the Prefect of Iser, on the instructions of the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, presented to the Administrative Court of Grenoble the direction of secularism, which was provided by the Law on Separatism of August 2021. It is in this context that the administrative court on May 25 made a decision to suspend the consultation on Burkini’s permission.
At the same time, the center-right opposition also appealed to the Grenoble Administrative Court the day after the city council vote. The appeal, which was examined on May 31, ended in rejection due to the suspension of the court hearing a few days ago. The next day, 1:eh In June, when the new pool rules were due to take effect, two of the city’s pools were labeled by a group of about 50 Burkina Faso targeting Gerald Darmanin and Laurent Wauckes, president of Auvergne. – Rh Ռne-Alpes.
Before the next city council in Grenoble takes place on Monday, June 27, the right-wing opposition, in the voice of Alain Carinho, announced that it wants to put the issue on the table. “We will ask (Eric Piole’s resignation)” On this occasion, he said that shortly after the decision of the State Council.
Source: Le Figaro
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