US EditionFrench Mayors to Fly Palestinian Flags Despite Government Orders
Over 20 French town halls plan to fly Palestinian flags in solidarity despite Interior Ministry orders citing neutrality and public order concerns ahead of UN recognition.
- France's Interior Ministry has instructed prefects to stop the display of Palestinian flags on public buildings, citing concerns over neutrality in public service and potential disturbances to public order.
- Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure encouraged municipalities to display the Palestinian flag on September 22, coinciding with France's recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN.
- Several mayors, including those from Saint-Denis and Nantes, announced they would defy government orders by flying Palestinian flags as a gesture of solidarity.
- The Interior Ministry emphasized that only the French tricolor flag should represent public buildings, highlighting the need for neutrality in the context of international conflicts.
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21 French mayors have raised Palestinian flags in front of town halls – possibly irregularly. The Ministry of the Interior ordered the judiciary to take action against them.
French Mayors Defy Government By Displaying Palestinian Flags
Several French mayors have raised Palestinian flags on town halls—defying government instructions ahead of France’s formal recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations. The initiative follows Socialist leader Olivier Faure’s call to display the flags, despite warnings from the Interior Ministry about the risks of importing international conflicts onto French territory. In Malakoff—a suburb of Paris—Mayor Jacqueline Belhomme said she …
After France had announced that it would recognize a Palestinian state in Israel, on Monday about 20 French mayors, in support of this project, had raised the Palestinian flag in their town halls. The action is considered controversial, the debate is fierce ... The party leader of the French socialists, Olivier Faure, who had campaigned for this gesture, took part in a ceremony in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, in which the Palestinian flag wa…
France wants to recognize a Palestinian state and some councillors in the country are therefore flying the flag. The Ministry of the Interior considers this to be inadmissible. What is the argument about?
While Macron wants to recognize Palestine, mayors raise flags. Interior Minister Retailleau criticizes this as a violation of neutrality.
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