[HIGHLIGHTS] Basque country: irruption of opponents and stampede in the middle of the municipal council, the mayor of Cambo hospitalized

Opponents of a real estate project disrupted the municipal council of Cambo-les-Bains. The intrusion caused a stampede, during which the mayor was injured.

The prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques “firmly condemns the attempts at intimidation suffered by the elected representatives of the Republic,” says Julien Charles. The Center & Indépendants group in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, of which Christian Devèze is a member, even affirms that the mayor “was the victim of a physical attack which required his evacuation to the Bayonne hospital” “CRAZY PEOPLE WHO ARE RUINING MUNICIPAL LIFE” – Max Brisson, senator (Les Républicains) of Pyrhenées, Atlantiques. “The madmen who have been ruining municipal life in Cambo for several months have crossed the line,’ says the mayor of Bayonne,   adding that “democracy depends on it”