LCI editorial staff –
He won’t have been upwind for long. The European flag, installed on December 31 under the Arc de Triomphe, to celebrate the French presidency of the European Union for six months, has finally been withdrawn “as it was foreseen”, assures the Élysée to LCI. The monument, like others in the country, will remain lit in Blue at night for a week
The object had aroused the anger of the far right and part of the right. The candidate Marine Le Pen had also announced to file an appeal for annulment and an interim suspension “in the next few days” against this presidential decision. This morning on Twitter, the contender for the Elysee greets a “beautiful patriotic victory” and thank “the massive mobilization of lovers of France”.
There was no pressure from the opposition, points out the Elysee. The flag “was to be in the wind on the 31st and the 1st, as a symbol of the launch of the French presidency of the European Union.”