The authorization to wear the burkini in the municipal swimming pools of Grenoble, voted Monday in the municipal council, does not stop making waves, on the left as on the right. “I regret that the mayor of Grenoble Éric Piolle makes it a national affair, exploits this affair for internal political reasons, of the Greens congress” or other, lamented on Europe 1 the national secretary of the PCF Fabien Roussel.
Fabien Roussel on the authorization to wear the burkini in the swimming pools of Grenoble: “I regret that Eric Piolle makes it a national affair and exploits it (…) I am against the fact that a swimming pool, a public service favors a religious claim”#Europe1 pic.twitter.com/jd7kaYO7Va
— Europa 1 ??? (@Europe1) May 18, 2022
“I am against the fact that a swimming pool, a public service, promotes a religious claim”, further criticized the former presidential candidate, who would have “favored the withdrawal of this deliberation which had nothing to do there, because, at the very least, we talk about it with all the mayors of our territory and we avoid instrumentalizing such a subject”.
“A victory for the fundamentalists” according to Laurence Rossignol
“What a moron in every way! “For her part, socialist senator Laurence Rossignol was indignant on France 2, about Éric Piolle, who like her supports the agreement of the New Popular, Ecological and Social Union (Nupes).
“Usually, we say that the extreme right brings in the electoral campaigns, the burkini, the burqa, the veil, and we think that it pollutes the political debate, this time, it does not come from the extreme right, it comes from an ecological mayor of Grenoble… On the timing, I am flabbergasted, it pollutes the countryside, and then on the merits, he is wrong, ”explained Laurence Rossignol, who had first supported the candidacy of ‘Arnaud Montebourg in the presidential election before joining that of Anne Hidalgo.
According to the senator, Éric Piolle “fell into a trap with visibly great happiness” by yielding “to religious and political demands that emanate from associations or fairly minority groups in religion” and “it’s a victory for the fundamentalists” .
“The Republic must resist religious demands because it is endless and it aims to destabilize it”, warned the senator from Oise, stressing that these associations “have an agenda, today the burkini, then there is the repeal of the law of 2004 on the headscarf at school, finally the obligation of neutrality of civil servants”.
According to her, “there is a denial of what the religious offensive is in this country” and “it is a debate that is on the left, it must be purged at some point or another, and there , that does not help”.
According to an Ifop poll for Le Point carried out from May 13 to 16, 69% of French people say they are unfavorable to a possible legalization of the burkini. In detail, 76% of RN voters are opposed to it, 71% of voters of the presidential majority and 58% of the Nupes electorate.
Study @IfopOpinion for @Point on the opposition to the evolution of the legislation on bathing suits in public swimming pools
69% of all French people are opposed to allowing the burkini in swimming pools, while 72% of French Muslims are in favor pic.twitter.com/XPUfTg5qrH
— Ifop Opinion (@IfopOpinion) May 17, 2022
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