Gauthier Delomez 4:24 p.m., May 15, 2022
At the heart of a debate on the authorization of the port of the burkini in the municipal swimming pools of Grenoble, the ecological mayor Éric Piolle, who carries the measure, evoked his convictions at the microphone of Thierry Dagiral.
“We want to change the swimming pool regulations in which discriminatory provisions were introduced ten years ago,” he said.
This is a subject that has ignited the town hall of Grenoble for a week.
This Monday, a vote will be held to authorize or not the wearing of the burkini, a Muslim dress, in the municipal swimming pools of the prefecture of Isère.
A project defended by the ecologist mayor Éric Piolle.
Questioned by Thierry Dagiral on Sunday in
Europe Midi Week-end
, this one affirms that it is a "non-subject".
"The swimming pool regulations gave clothing bans ten years ago. It's not old and in fact, these bans must be lifted just for the universal accessibility of public service", he says on Europe 1 .
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"It is also true for women to be able to bathe topless (...), it is also true for reasons of health, philosophical, political or religious convictions", continues the mayor of Grenoble, comparing the status from the swimming pool to that of the street.
"You dress as you are, it's secularism", continues Éric Piolle.
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