Between the Hauts-de-France region, chaired by Xavier Bertrand, and the Averroès high school in Lille, the Muslim educational establishment, the legal battle continues.
The politician will appeal the decision of the administrative court of March 31, giving reason to the establishment which asked to receive a subsidy of "day school package" by the Region.
What Xavier Bertrand had refused two years ago after the discovery, in the school's accounts, of an aid of 850,000 euros from the Qatar Charity, received in 2014 and paid via a mosque in Mulhouse.
At its inception, in 2003, the Averroès high school had 200 m² in the premises adjoining the Lille-Sud mosque, which was run by the former UOIF, a movement now called Muslims of France, and which manages the eco
In the entourage of Xavier Bertrand, it is explained that this judgment focused "
not on the substance but on the financial emergency caused by the end of this subsidy for two years for the school
".
In this judgment, the administrative court asked the elected representatives of the regional council to vote on a deliberation for this court decision to be executed.
But "
the majority will vote against,
says Xavier Bertrand,
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