On Monday 19 December, the administrative court of Strasbourg handed down a sentence annulling a resolution of the Thionville city council of 19 November 2018. This vote concerned the sale of a real estate complex located in the place de la Gare, made up in particular of the buildings the former youth hostel and the Maison des Associations Raymond-Queneau, to the civil construction sales company Queneau Rive Droite (SCCV) for 1.48 million euros.
The administrative jurisdiction justifies this decision by referring to an article of the General Code of Territorial Authorities which prohibits the participation of a mayor, his deputies and council members in “resolutions and decisions…
