She felt that the departmental council of Loire-Atlantique absolutely had to organize a referendum on the subject of the attachment of the department to the Brittany region.
The association Bretagne reunited was dismissed on Wednesday by the administrative court of Nantes, of its request to consult the voters.
The militant organization, which pleads for the return to historic Brittany with five departments, relied on a petition launched in 2018: 105,000 signatories, or just over 10% of the electorate of Loire-Atlantique, had spoken. in favor of a "popular consultation" on this sensitive issue.
The departmental council had followed up on December 17, 2018 by organizing only a vote of its elected officials gathered in assembly.
But he had always refused to request the holding of a poll at the level of the inhabitants.
No “right to obtain” a consultation
This Wednesday, the administrative court announced that it had agreed with the departmental community, considering that "the exercise of the right of petition" allowed voters to "request the registration of a question", "without establish a right to obtain it,” reports
Ouest-France
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On December 17, 2018, the departmental councilors of Loire-Atlantique voted overwhelmingly against (30 votes to 13) to a possible modification of the regional borders of the Pays-de-la-Loire and Brittany regions.
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