The head of state proposed to lower the French flags the day after the announcement of the death of the British queen on Friday, as well as the day of the funeral of the sovereign.
The Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, immediately sent a letter to the association of mayors of France to request the application of this measure.
The approach did not please everyone.
This is the case of the mayor of Bourges: "I respect the pain of our English friends, but I will not put the French flags on the pediment of the municipal buildings of the city", tweeted Yann Galut this Sunday.
“This request seems incredible to me,” adds the former socialist deputy.
I respect the pain of our English friends but I will not put the French flags on the pediment of the municipal buildings of the city of #Bourges requested by @Elisabeth_Borne this request seems incredible to me.
— Yann Galut (@yanngalut) September 11, 2022
But he's not the only one complaining.
In the North, Patrick Proisy, LFI mayor of the town of Faches-Thumesnil near Lille (North), had taken the same decision not to put the flags of his city at half mast.
"Nothing to get ripped off"
“I will not apply the order of the Prime Minister @Elisabeth_Borne to lower the flags in the municipality of Faches-Thumesnil.
Is it done for all heads of state what die?
Does our Republic give preference to a monarch, head of a Church?
“he had pinged Friday, also on Twitter.
I will not apply the order of the 1st Minister @Elisabeth_Borne to lower the flags in the municipality of Faches-Thumesnil.
Is it done for all heads of state what die?
Does our Republic give preference to a monarch, head of a Church?
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— Patrick Proisy (@P_Proisy) September 9, 2022
Faced with the reactions provoked by his tweet, the elected official wanted to clarify his position on Saturday.
"No, I have no intention of making a buzz about this subject," he counterattacked.
"How do you want to be logical by putting flags at half mast on our schools where the motto is inscribed: "Liberty, equality, fraternity"?
No concept is further from “equality” than that of the monarchy”, develops Patrick Proisy.
claims to have "nothing against the person of Elizabeth II", but "certainly against the very principle that a birth in the right family endows you with a particular blood which puts you above the others".
And the Insubordinate to point out that the flags are not lowered for all heads of state: "Nothing for Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Prize...", he illustrates, considering that there was "nothing to gut" but "the opportunity to reflect on the notion of the Republic and what it carries".