“The burkini is a non-subject“, affirmed Monday, May 9 the mayor of Grenoble, Éric Piolle (EELV), while his municipality is preparing to vote on a modification of the swimming pool regulations which could authorize this controversial bathing suit.
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“For the past ten days, we have heard a huge controversy swell everywhere around the burkini and Grenoble“, Laments the elected official in a video on Twitter, the subject being on the agenda of the municipal council scheduled for May 16. According to Éric Piolle, it is only “to ensure equal access to public services, and the freedom to dress or undress, while respecting hygiene and safety“.
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Shields of the Grenoble opposition
Swimming pool regulations should bejust a social progress so that women can come and bathe topless like men and so that covering jerseys to protect themselves from the sun are authorized, and so that burkinis are authorized toohe says. “In fact, we don’t care if it’s a covering jersey, if it’s there to protect ourselves from the sun, if it’s there for religious reasons, it’s none of our business“, insists the mayor, deploring “extremely violent debates” the last days.
If passed, the bylaw change would come into effect.from June 1», just in time for the summer opening of the municipal swimming pools. The announcement of the inclusion of this explosive theme on the agenda for May 16 has already aroused an outcry from the Grenoble opposition and provoked the ire of the president (LR) of the Auvergne region. -Rhône-Alpes Laurent Wauquiez, who threatens to deprive the city of regional subsidies.
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A petition bringing together more than 1,800 signatures also denounces “an indirect attack on gender equalityand demands the deletion of this point from the agenda of the municipal council.
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