It is now the turn of the “anti-burkini” decree issued in Nice to be annulled this Thursday. The administrative court has issued its order suspending the decree issued on August 19, which was supposed to last until September 15.
This decision follows the lead of the Council of State, which had annulled the Villeneuve-Loubet decree last Friday.
This represents another legal victory for the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) and the Human Rights League (LDH).
Beyond the legal aspect, the political dimension of this case is what matters: a few right-wing municipalities have taken advantage of a misleading interpretation of the law (“a risk to public order” said the Council of State) to chase the wave of Islamophobia among a portion of the population and exploit it by playing on emotions.
The lawyer for the city of Nice, Me Pauline de Faÿ, a lawyer at the Paris bar, attempted to follow this direction before the Administrative Court by arguing that there had “already” been “public order disturbances” in the municipality, even going as far as to mention “a population […] almost on the brink of civil war.”
She was probably misinformed by her local correspondent, because otherwise, one might wonder which fiction Me De Faÿ is referring to.
Fortunately, summer is coming to an end and temperatures are going to drop, because with all these incendiaries in action, it is legitimate to wonder if the situation could be much worse.
