The organizers of a controversial evening entitled “Ausländer Raus” (Foreigners outside in German), which was to be held this Friday, June 28 in the evening in an identity bar in Rouen, finally announced its cancellation despite the green light from the courts. in summary proceedings.
“To take into account a certain emotion resulting from the provocative nature of the title of the evening, a title likely to give members of the association feelings or intentions which are not theirs, when this evening had not “other than to initiate a debate on immigration in France, the association decided on its own initiative to cancel the evening”write these organizers on social networks.
This Thursday, June 27, the socialist mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, issued a municipal decree banning this evening organized by the right-wing identity bar “Le Mora”. The association organizing the evening immediately filed a summary liberty order with the Rouen administrative court to request the suspension of the municipal decree. The court ruled in their favor late Friday afternoon, France Bleu Normandie learned, a decision confirmed by the association’s lawyer.
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Mr Mayer-Rossignol immediately announced his intention to appeal this decision to the Council of State. “I maintain that a call for xenophobia such as Foreigners Outside (Ausländer Raus, German Nazi slogan) has no place neither in Rouen nor anywhere in our Republic”underlines the mayor of Rouen.
The prefect of Seine-Maritime had banned any demonstration in an area around the bar located in a pedestrian street in the city center, from Friday 5:00 p.m. to Saturday 4:00 a.m.
“Risks of public order disturbances and clashes between opposing demonstrators on public roads have been identified”had estimated the prefect, whose order is not affected by the decision of the administrative court.
A demonstration calling for opposition to “the racist and anti-foreigners evening organized by the bar Le Mora” was planned for the end of the day, outside the perimeter affected by the prefectural ban.
