Saints.
It's a choice of simplicity, let's remove the prohibitions, ”
constantly hammered Éric Piolle, the mayor of Grenoble, before adopting a municipal council regulation authorizing burkinis in municipal swimming pools.
In support of his demonstration, the elected environmentalist has been talking for weeks about the examples of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) and Surgères.
This discreet town of 6750 inhabitants, located near Rochefort in Charente-Maritime, would have done well without such national lighting.
But the burkini is actually authorized there at the André-Couraud swimming pool, an equipment belonging to the Community of communes (CdC) Aunis Sud.
“It was too complicated”
This choice was validated in the spring of 2019, confirms its president Jean Gorioux.
But it has no political aspect, he swears.
At the time, explains the chosen one, several swimmers would have presented themselves in … nighties, and a scandal had broken out.
The regulations would thus have been modified to facilitate the daily life of the agents of this swimming pool.
We have therefore listed the outfits that could be authorized based on the texts in force in France.
In fact, the burkini cannot be prohibited
Jean Gorioux, President of the Aunis Sud Community of Communes
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