justice asks the mayor of Paris to remove the banners of support for the strikers

2023-05-03 21:16:42

The judge in chambers rendered his decision this Wednesday, May 3. AFP

Deployed since the beginning of the social protest on the facade of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, the banners of support for the strikers will have to be removed within 24 hours, after a decision of the Administrative Court of Paris.

The Administrative Court has ruled: the City of Paris has 24 hours to withdraw its message of support for the strikers displayed on the facade of the Hôtel de Ville after a decision to this effect was taken on Wednesday May 3. “The Mayor of Paris is enjoined to proceed with the permanent removal of these banners within twenty-four hours of notification of this order.“Wrote in particular the judge in chambers.

A symbolic victory for the elected representatives of the Parisian right, including Aurélien Véron, Nelly Garnier and Jean-Baptiste Olivier, who had filed an application for interim measures on April 17 demanding the removal of these banners on which one could read “Town hall in solidarity with the social movement“. Banners “appeared in January intermittently“according to Aurélien Véron, elected Changer Paris in Paris Center, who prides himself that the town hall of Paris has been”caught in the bag».

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Principle of neutrality

«The Hôtel de Ville does not belong to Anne Hidalgo, but to all Parisians. It is a public service which must remain neutral. He will finally be again“, he also welcomed. In the order, the judge in chambers relies in particular on the principle of neutrality of public services, which “opposes the affixing to public buildings of signs symbolizing the assertion of political, religious or philosophical opinions».

«Apart from all political considerations, it is the necessary reminder of the fundamental principle of neutrality of public buildings which founded the action in summary proceedings pleaded this morning. This principle applies to all public buildings, from the smallest to the largest, such as the town hall of Paris.“, explains moreover Me Pierrick Gardien, the lawyer of the three elected officials. The town hall indicated for its part to take note of the decision in summary proceedings while stressing that the opposition of the mayor of Paris to the reform “remained unchanged».