US EditionSeveral French Far-Right Mayors Take Down EU Flags
Far-right mayors in multiple French towns removed EU flags as a eurosceptic statement, linked to the National Rally's rising influence ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
- Recently elected far-right mayors across France have removed European Union flags from town hall facades following this month's local election victories.
- The anti-immigration National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen, notched wins in small and mid-sized towns this month and aims for next year's presidential election.
- Carcassonne Mayor Christophe Barthes posted on X Sunday: "Out with the European flags at the town hall!" while mayors in Cagnes-sur-Mer and Harnes also removed flags, with Harnes Mayor Anthony Garenaux-Glinkowski removing the Ukrainian flag as well.
- Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad denounced the removals as "populism," questioning whether mayors would reject European funding and allowances for their constituents.
- No law mandates displaying the European symbol except on Europe Day, yet the move signals deepening political tensions between the National Rally and France's current administration ahead of next year's presidential race.
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Just elected, two RN mayors took the decision to remove the European flag from their town hall. A symbolic decision for these sovereignist elected representatives, members of a very critical party towards the EU. But do they have the right to remove the blue flag from the golden stars? - VERIF' - Does a mayor have the right to remove the flag of the European Union from the fronton of his town hall? (Politics).
European flags out of the municipality! Make room for French flags, wrote the mayor of Carcassonne on Platform X
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Laminute.infoChosen in Carcassonne, Christophe Barthès staged his hostility towards Europe. However, he did not forget to claim EU aid.
Several newly elected city halls have decided to remove the European flag from the facades of their city hall, an initiative that provokes reactions within the government Several mayors
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