It really smells like fir for the Christmas tree in Bordeaux

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His decision is made and he will not go back on it.

The environmentalist mayor of Bordeaux confirmed on Tuesday that there would be no giant Christmas tree on Place Pey-Berlan

"I was quite flabbergasted" by the strength of the negative reactions, declared Pierre Hurmic in an interview with Sud Ouest.

“I had an unhappy expression during my press conference [back to school on Thursday] (…) The buzz did not come from the journalists present but from the fascosphere which seized on the subject by saying that I was against the Christmas holidays (…) I regret all the same that certain elected members of the opposition have also taken hold of it ”.

A petition signed by 12,500 people

His decision not to install the big tree that lights up the town hall square at Christmas, "It is not our conception of greening", he said, provoked strong reactions, especially in the ranks of the right. , local and national, and on social networks.

Since then, an online petition “Bordeaux wants to keep its Christmas tree!

Was launched and had some 12,500 signatories on Tuesday morning.

Sunday, Didier Jeanjean, deputy mayor in charge of nature in the city had nevertheless assured AFP that he would "take into account the dimension of the petition".

"If there is a request that seems important, we will launch a wider consultation of all Bordeaux residents and not just the signatories with alternative proposals," he said.

Instead of the fir tree, which "is expensive" and "is no longer adapted to current climatic conditions", Pierre Hurmic says he wants to "innovate" but will also be attentive to the way in which Bordeaux residents react to these changes.

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