A banner and a misunderstanding
“In each of these communes there lives a whiner” This sentence was written by the farmers on a tarpaulin placed in front of the Metz town hall. A response, they explain, “to the remarks made by the mayor of Metz” during a gala for the Metz Handball club two weeks ago. It is with this word, whiny, a person who constantly complains, that he would have described them in his speech. A word taken completely out of context, François Grosdidier defends himself: “My impromptu speech, which was given in a festive setting, spoke of the difficulties in obtaining grants, in particular for sport. I was talking about myself when I said “whining”. I apologized for complaining like the farmers and traders I love for the right reasons. We're on the same side as them! “.
