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Squat: "France upside down"

2020-09-16T18:52:50.857Z


The editorial of Figaro, by Yves Thréard.Is France still a rule of law? The chronicle of the various facts shows that the republican order is struggling to impose itself. A culture of excuse is often a troublemaker's best ally. The case of the Théoule-sur-Mer squatters is, in this respect, exemplary. However ubiquitous it may seem, it above all reveals the intellectual disorder which has presided over the making of the law for several ye


Is France still a rule of law?

The chronicle of the various facts shows that the republican order is struggling to impose itself.

A culture of excuse is often a troublemaker's best ally.

The case of the Théoule-sur-Mer squatters is, in this respect, exemplary.

However ubiquitous it may seem, it above all reveals the intellectual disorder which has presided over the making of the law for several years.

With Henri Kaloustian and his wife, young retirees who had only their eyes to cry on, the French, taken aback, discovered the unthinkable: the right to property, yet enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights of 1789, today has only a relative value;

the legislation protects squatters better than owners;

the public authorities, supposed to enforce order, are reduced to powerlessness.

It's France upside down.

A country that has allowed its major principles to be flouted, where the victims are held responsible

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Source: lefigaro

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