The elected representatives of Grenoble Alpes Métropole, meeting in council on Friday May 20, adopted, by a majority, a wish in the context of the burkini affair in the swimming pools of Grenoble.
The first version of the wish was intended to be prudent with the desire not to interfere in the democratic process of the Grenoble municipal council, as for any other municipal council. He thus contented himself with setting a new rule: in the future, any municipal decision on municipal competences but with important consequences for other municipalities, will be the subject of a preliminary debate in the metropolitan council so that the official position of the Metropolis is expressed.
“A wish is not an act of interference”
Finally, after consultation with the group presidents, during an interruption of the session, the wish was modified to add the following statement: “The metropolitan council, after having debated it, and affirming that a wish is not an act of interference, asks the metropolitan municipalities to participate in the development of a shared method of coordination between the municipalities for municipal matters with supra-communal resonance. The metropolitan council asks the City of Grenoble to repeal the deliberation adopted on May 16 in order to have a peaceful debate in the Metropolis on this subject. It asks the government or parliament to take up this subject to help local authorities free themselves from futile quarrels initiated by religious fundamentalisms, as proposed by the Association of Mayors of France. »
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