
Dozens of demonstrators surrounded the entrance to the Montpellier judicial court under a red flood alert, protesting against the appearance of the mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard, accused of having refused in July 2023 to celebrate the union of an Algerian under obligation to leave the territory.
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The mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard must appear before the Montpellier judicial court for refusing in July 2023 to celebrate the union of an Algerian subject to an obligation to leave the territory (OQTF).
There is general hustle and bustle around the Montpellier judicial court. First, because it is raining buckets, Hérault being placed on “red flood and flood alert” this September 30 by La Chaîne Météo*, and because the downpours of water falling from the sky threaten to submerge the road. Then, because dozens of demonstrators who met despite the downpours resolutely surrounded the entrance to the court, chanting at the top of their lungs: “We are all children of immigrants” and “Solidarity with undocumented immigrants around the world”. The object of their ire soon appears: it is the mayor of Béziers, Robert Ménard, who must appear today for having refused to proceed in July 2023 with the union of an Algerian under Obligation to leave the territory (OQTF).
Surrounded by several dozen municipal and departmental elected officials who came to show their support, the mayor was immediately booed by the demonstrators who insulted him with “Ménard, delinquent!” The person concerned…
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The court will issue a decision on the legality of Robert Ménard's refusal to marry in the following days.
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