Thursday April 25, the mayor of Amiens (Somme) signed an order prohibiting begging in the city center of her municipality. This measure will take effect on May 1 and lasts until August 30, reports Le Courrier Picard, and it applies from Tuesday to Saturday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Nearly 30 streets in the city center of Amiens are affected by this decree, which follows complaints from traders, according to the town hall.
”Begging in the streets of the city center of Amiens, near shops, in a continuous and static manner, constitutes an abusive occupation of the public domain likely to cause disturbances to public order by generating crowds with sometimes violence. alcoholism”, we can read in the decree, according to our colleagues.
Announced in April, this measure caused controversy in the town. The Human Rights League has also announced that it wants to take legal action. You should know that similar decrees have already been the subject of legal proceedings and the Council of State has already deemed them illegal in several French cities, including Tours and Bayonne.
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