Before the start of the first day of the plenary assembly of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, President Laurent Wauquiez (LR) presented the Charter for the defense of the values of France and secularism. And he talked about the burkini…
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Thus, while the City of Grenoble – led by the ecologist Éric Piolle – has just engaged in a “reflexion” on this question and that it is perhaps moving towards the authorization of the bathing suit covering in municipal swimming pools from this summer, the subject therefore bounced back to the Hôtel de Région in Lyon. “In our charter, we notably defend diversity. So, if some municipalities engage in differentiated slots in public swimming pools and authorize the burkini in these establishments, we will not let it happen! “launched the chosen one.
Asked about this last sentence, Laurent Wauquiez clarified: “We can no longer tolerate breaches of gender equality. However, I see here and there, with concern, communitarian and electoral behavior. And if municipalities turn away from the values that make our country, I say it today: we will stop our partnerships with them! We can’t keep closing our eyes. We will take our responsibilities. »
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