A measure which particularly targeted the marginalized and the homeless, in a logic of “peaceful occupation of public space”, explained Philippe Pousset, the deputy mayor of Angoulême in charge of security, at the microphone of France Bleu, while by refuting the idea of an “anti-begging” order.
“Disproportionate harm”
This Monday, the administrative court of Poitiers, seized of the question by an appeal from the League of Human Rights, therefore decided to suspend its application. In question, too wide a perimeter. The judges accepted the argument of disturbing public order, but only in certain streets. Its application as it stands would carry “a disproportionate attack on the freedom to come and go and on the freedom of assembly with regard to the objective of safeguarding public order pursued”, they write.
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