Illustration of a traveler's camp.

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  • Due to the opposition of many elected officials of the territory, the department still does not "have to date a scheme for welcoming travelers", indicates the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes.

  • The mayor of Mandelieu-la-Napoule complains of an "invasion for the second time in four weeks of the same commercial sector by a company of travelers demanding the free provision of the plot of Decathlon".

On Sunday, around twenty caravans were set up in the parking lot of a


supermarket in a shopping area in the town of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, in the Alpes-Maritimes.

The Travelers left the scene on Wednesday afternoon after a 48-hour battle led by the mayor, Sébastien Leroy, who called for a change in the law to "immediately restore to the prefects total freedom of action to defend the Republic and her values ​​".

As of Sunday, the elected official warned on this "second invasion of this type in six weeks".

He also accused the government of inaction in addition to turning a blind eye to the non-compliance with confinement: “It seemed to me that there were currently rules in this country restricting movement.

Obviously, they do not apply to these individuals with the complacency of the State.

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The prefecture emphasizes the lack of reception areas for municipalities

Faced with his accusations, the prefecture of the department replied "that with the exception of Nice, Antibes and Vallauris which have reception areas, none of the intercommunalities and municipalities of the department subject to the obligation to have equipment reception of travelers does not meet the obligations set by the Besson law ”.

She adds: “As the law is not respected by the communities concerned, it is not possible for the prefect to implement the administrative procedure of forced evacuation in the event of an illegal occupation opened for the benefit of the communities only in compliance. with their obligations.

Also, to date, in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, in the absence of respect by the municipality of its legal obligations, recourse to the public force is only possible within the framework of the execution of a decision of the judge of summary orders ordering expulsion.

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The mayor's three complaints were however collected and processed, reports the prefecture.

One for fraudulent subtraction of energy, two others for illegal occupation of parking lots.

The gendarmes issued 29 verbalizations for non-compliance with Covid-19 measures.

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