The prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the president of the departmental assembly of mayors condemned on Tuesday "an act of intimidation" The discovery during the night from Saturday to Sunday of a coffin in front of the town hall of Briscous, a Basque village. It bore the inscription “Euskara -? - 2040", specify the prefect Julien Charles and the representative of elected officials Alain Sanz.
Last month, the National Assembly adopted at first reading a senatorial text aimed at better protecting local elected officials.