The Palestinian flag raised in town halls of 21 cities, regardless of warning from the Ministry of the Interior | EUROtoday

The Ministry of the Interior recognized, Monday September 22 at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 22, 21 city halls that hoisted the Palestinian flag on 34,875 municipalities, regardless of the prohibition, the day when France should formally acknowledge the State of Palestine, he introduced to the France-Presse company (AFP). Other city halls have deliberate to chase away the pediment of their city corridor within the night.

In the morning, a number of city halls certainly hoist the Palestinian flag on the pediment of their city corridor. “This evening, the President of the Republic will announce to the UN the recognition of the State of Palestine. Nantes accompanies this historic decision of the French Republic by raising, for the day, the Palestinian flag ”wrote Monday morning on X the mayor of Nantes, Johanna Rolland (PS), whereas the flag already floated in entrance of her city corridor.

A Palestinian flag was additionally hoisted round 9:40 a.m. on the pediment of the city corridor of Saint-Denis, within the presence of the primary secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, who had known as for this pavry, when the president, Emmanuel Macron, should formalize the popularity by France of the State of Palestine throughout the common meeting of the UN, on the finish of the day.

“It is not a long -term militant act (…). We have chosen to do it on a moment, it is the time for the recognition of the State of Palestine ”argued to the AFP the mayor of the commune, Mathieu Hanotin (socialist). He described on Monday morning this day as“Historical”. The mayor of Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis), Azzédine Taïbi (PCF), also “Placement of the Palestinian flag, in addition to that of the UN and peace flag”he told AFP.

“Neutrality of public providers”

The red, black, white and green banner should also be exhibited on the pediment of other town halls in the Parisian suburbs, such as Nanterre, Bagneux, Gennevilliers, Ivry-sur-Seine or Corbeil-Essonnes. In Malakoff, the mayor, communist, preceded the call and affixed a Palestinian flag on Friday, remained on the pediment of the town hall, despite an injunction of the Administrative Court of Cergy-Pontoise, on the appeal of the Hauts-de-Seine Prefect.

In Lille, the Palestinian flag which was deployed since the visit in mid-September of a delegation from his twin city Nablus, in the West Bank, was removed Monday morning at the start of this delegation, the town hall said to AFP, and will not be put back in place in the evening, at the request of the prefect.

Because Bruno Retailleau has given the prefects to enforce a “Principle of neutrality of public providers”. “The State not solely doesn’t require the pavity, however requests non-pevaise”insisted on Saturday the secretary general of the Ministry of the Interior, Hugues Moutouh.

Guest Monday morning of TF1, Jean-Noël Barrot, resigning minister of foreign affairs,, for his part, qualified these debates as “Futile controversies”. “It is a historic day for peace and I don’t want (…) that it may be instrumentalized for the needs of political controversy, for the aim of dividing us at a time when, greater than ever, we have to be united to be sturdy ”he added.