And a wink, one! Without writing it explicitly, the Paris City Hall, led by the socialist Anne Hidalgo, found how to support the mobilization against the pension reform, on the eve of a 14th day of strike at the call of the intersyndicale and three days before the examination of the proposal of the group of deputies Liot to return to a legal age of departure at 62 years. A month ago, the administrative court had ordered the town hall to permanently remove from the facade of the Town Hall banners presenting it as “town hall in solidarity with the social movement”, because of a “serious doubt” about their legality.
Monday noon, Parisians and tourists strolling the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville may have wondered about the meaning of the two large banners deployed vertically on the facade of the building, with the famous smiley wink on a background as their only element. blue.
“I support the social movement and I affirm it”
“It’s politics made with humor, but everyone understands the message: I am mayor of Paris, and as mayor of Paris, I carry a social and ecological message. I support the social movement and I affirm it, ”explained Anne Hidalgo in a reaction sent to AFP. “It is a fraternal and benevolent message at a time when the social movement is in the streets to peacefully demand the withdrawal of this anti-social, brutal and unjust reform,” added the PS mayor, opposed to the government.
“The principle of neutrality of public services is opposed to the affixing on public buildings of signs symbolizing the claim of political, religious or philosophical opinions”, had recalled the judge in chambers, thus giving reason to the opposition of right which had assigned the City to obtain their withdrawal. “The Hôtel de Ville must remain the home of all Parisians, in true neutrality, it does not belong to Anne Hidalgo”, argued adviser LR Aurélien Véron. Anne Hidalgo’s entourage did not want to communicate the cost of the new banners.