A camp of Travelers was set up on Sunday June 23 in the afternoon on the grounds of the Sarreguemines aerodrome, immediately leading to a police and gendarmerie procedure, as indicated by the squadron leader. of the gendarmerie Baptiste Moncarré. “We were informed of an illegal installation on this land which is in the municipalities of Sarreguemines and Frauenberg.” With his men, he went to the camp to observe this installation and to see to what extent it caused security problems for the activity of the aerodrome.
Elected officials, deputies from Sarreguemines and Frauenberg, were also present on site to observe this installation and report the incident to the urban community which is competent in the matter. “We are not happy at all with this installation,” said Gisèle Leduc, Frauenberg’s deputy. His Sarregueminois counterpart, Christian Dietsch, seems more resigned to this situation. “We are observing and we will see on Monday what follow-up to all of this. This will undoubtedly end up in court again.”
For one of the people in the camp, “this installation is not illegal. We wrote several months ago to announce that we were coming. But we didn’t get a response. We even tried to call last week. We did what was necessary. It’s not our fault if they don’t answer us.” He specifies that they will stay a week.
The planes find refuge in Sarre-Union
For Marc Schroeder, the president of the flying club, this installation comes “at the worst time. We have already had the start of the season spoiled by rain. And there, we find ourselves stuck as the good weather returns. We are going to have a big shortfall.” He immediately reported the situation to the authorities responsible for regulating air traffic to prevent any landing of planes from outside the club. The association’s aircraft were, however, able to take off to find refuge at the Sarre-Union aerodrome. “This is the only way we have to allow our members to still be able to fly.” As for the “It’s good for her” demonstration planned for next weekend, “it will probably not take place”.
