Coaster? Communication error? The list of prohibited products for the 2022 Strasbourg Capitale de Noël edition, sent to merchants and fairground participants in the event, will finally be discussed again. Capital of controversy for a moment, of political outpourings on television sets, anger, misunderstanding or sometimes even mockery on social networks, the city of Strasbourg explains itself and changes course.
First in a press release this Thursday in which the mayor of Strasbourg Jeanne Barseghian recalls that the city communicates each year, by decree, a list of products. Products that have received a favorable opinion from the Selection Committee “after discussions, exchanges with exhibitors, traders, field visits”. But that “this list is only stopped after” this work is done. “The list which has been published in the press is therefore only the provisional version of a working document currently under discussion. It is not included in the municipal decree for the 2022 edition of the Christmas market”.
We can find champagne
Information taken up and detailed in the process by the deputy Guillaume Libsig, in charge in particular of the urban animation and the coordination of the Christmas market, during the presentation to the press of the sobriety measures put in place for the Christkindelsmärik 2022 All in the presence of some members of the famous selection committee. Regarding the ban on champagne, “which challenges many”, the city finally indicated that it had reconsidered the question. From the 2023 edition, there will be stands highlighting the Grand-Est terroirs, including champagne, “because they too participate in these development objectives and their know-how” with in particular a partnership with Reims for future editions.
“This list is a working document which was not intended to be found in the media landscape”, hammered Guillaume Libsig. Referring to the name “Cross JC” which “caused a lot of talk”, the deputy insisted that the sale was not prohibited provided that they were of high quality and made locally.
As for the names on the list, these are “those entered by the producers in their application for submission of a dossier, but it is a copy-and-paste of a form that the exhibitor himself sends us and which has been included as such in the list. It is a working document which is a kind of global calendar, continues the elected official, over several years of transformation for more authenticity and quality of Strasbourg Capital of Christmas and to allow the commission to go and meet the exhibitors. to allow dialogue and to be reassured about the quality of the products. »
A list which will therefore be tested in 2022 to be redesigned before being effective in 2023, even if “discussions with exhibitors remain open”, assures the elected official.