A rooster in the colors of France (photo of illustration) - MARTIN RICHARD / SIPA

Le coq Maurice can continue to cheer up: the deputies voted in committee a UDI-Agir bill aiming to protect the “sensory heritage” of the countryside, while litigation is increasing in rural areas. This text, supported by the Minister of Culture Franck Riester, will be examined in the hemicycle on Thursday 30 January during a day dedicated to the proposals of the centrist group ("parliamentary niche").

The rooster Maurice can continue to sing at dawn on the island of Oléron: the Rochefort court dismissed the complaint of the neighbors who accused him of waking them up too early, a quarrel that had become a symbol of the tensions between locals and new arrivals in #AFP pic.twitter.com/YiX05mByz0 campaigns

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Supported by the deputy of Lozère Pierre Morel-à-l'Huissier and co-signed by elected officials of all stripes, this bill intends to protect rural residents from legal actions taken against the “noise and smell” of the countryside, in the name of "Abnormal neighborhood disturbances". In the eyes of the deputies of the Committee on Cultural Affairs, roosters, bell sounds and "olfactory emissions from natural spaces and environments" are "an integral part of rural life" and must be included in the heritage code.

Mauritius, the rooster, symbol of the conflict

This summer, the litigation over the cockerel "Maurice" of the Ile d'Oléron had become the symbol of the conflict between rural and newcomers. Justice had rejected the complaint of the neighbors indisposed by his morning cocorico.

Driven by the benevolent atmosphere of the commission, Pierre Morel-A-L'Huissier offered the assistance of an extract from a song by the Toulon group Aïoli "Touche pas aux cigales", while warning: "It's a little raw ”. The committee also adopted a UDI-Agir bill aimed at modernizing the tools and governance of the Heritage Foundation.

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