Hauts-de-Seine: the prefect takes legal action after the display of Palestinian flags on town halls
The municipalities of Nanterre, Bagneux and Malakoff raised the Palestinian flag, provoking immediate intervention from the prefecture.
Quick Look
- The town halls of Nanterre, Bagneux and Malakoff raised the Palestinian flag on Tuesday.
- The prefect of Hauts-de-Seine, Alexandre Brugère, demanded their immediate withdrawal and referred the matter to the administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise through summary proceedings.
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Why It Matters
The deployment of foreign flags on French public buildings is regularly the subject of legal challenges linked to the neutrality of public services.
One year to the day after the recognition of the State of Palestine by France, the dispute over Palestinian flags on town halls restarts in Hauts-de-Seine. Nanterre, Bagneux and Malakoff hoisted the Palestinian flag on their town hall this Tuesday, September 22. According to our information, the prefect of Hauts-de-Seine Alexandre Brugère asked the three municipalities to withdraw it immediately and referred three summary proceedings to the administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise during the day. At 4 p.m., the flags were still in place, the municipalities having not complied with the request for removal.
A fourth municipality in the department could quickly join the list. In Gennevilliers, a raising of the Palestinian flag is announced at 6:30 p.m. on the square in front of the town hall. A publication distributed a few days earlier by Gennevilliers Insoumise relays the call from the France-Palestine committee, which indicates that “the mayor and the municipality” will raise the flag again.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Decision of the administrative court on the summary proceedings filed by the prefecture.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What will be the decision of the Cergy-Pontoise administrative court?
- Will Gennevilliers town hall maintain its plan to raise the flag?
