Europe 1 with AFP 3:03 p.m., June 21, 2022

The Council of State closed the door to burkinis in municipal swimming pools by giving reason on Tuesday to the prefecture of Isère which opposed a new controversial provision of the municipality of Grenoble.

The Council of State closed the door to burkinis in municipal swimming pools by giving reason on Tuesday to the prefecture of Isère which opposed a new controversial provision of the commune of Grenoble.

In its decision, the highest administrative court confirmed the decision handed down at the end of May by the Grenoble administrative court, considering that the new swimming pool regulations imposed by the Grenoble municipality constituted a "very targeted derogation" intended to "satisfy a religious claim". .

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