the mayor of town opposes his coming to the Vélodrome and denounces his “uninhibited Nazism” | EUROtoday

The metropolis of Marseille, by its varied left-wing mayor Benoît Payan, mentioned it was opposed on Wednesday March 4 to the arrival of American rapper Kanye West, creator of anti-Semitic releases, who is because of give a live performance on the Vélodrome stadium on June 11.

“I refuse to allow Marseille to be a showcase for those who promote hatred and uninhibited Nazism. Kanye West is not welcome at the Vélodrome, our temple of living together and of all Marseillais”mentioned the present mayor and candidate for his succession on X.

This live performance, at the moment its solely date in France, is organized by the Mars 360 company, unique operator of the Orange Vélodrome, which belongs to town.

The ban on a present is, nonetheless, very regulated, and the Council of State has recalled in a number of case legal guidelines that it’s only attainable within the occasion of a danger that feedback constituting a prison offense are made and that the occasion may trigger disturbances to public order.

Bipolar Disorders

““I am a Nazi”, “I love Hitler”: Kanye West isn’t welcome in Marseille. Anyone who brazenly proclaims his admiration for Hitler and claims Nazi concepts can not set foot on the stage of a metropolis whose very soul is woven with variety, reminiscence and fraternity.declared on X Fabienne Bendayan, working mate of the best and middle candidate Martine Vassal within the municipal elections in Marseille and former president of CRIF Provence.

The 48-year-old musician, who has misplaced many followers and several other industrial contracts in recent times after anti-Semitic or racist releases, printed a tune Heil Hitler on May 8, on the event of the eightieth anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany throughout the Second World War.

In December 2023, the rapper apologized to the Jewish group after declaring a couple of months earlier that he “loved the Nazis”. In 2022 he additionally aroused indignation by displaying himself with the slogan “White Lives Matter” (“White lives matter”, hijacking the well-known slogan “Black Lives Matter”) and went to a dinner at Donald Trump with the anti-Semitic white supremacist Nick Fuentes.

Suffering for years from bipolar dysfunction, Kanye West, who modified his title to Ye, defined on the finish of January that when“we are in a manic phase, we don’t think we are sick”including: “I am not a Nazi or anti-Semite. I love the Jewish people. »