France’s town halls told to remove Palestinian flags flown to mark Macron’s recognition

NANTERRE, France: As French President Emmanuel Macron recognized Palestine statehood earlier this week, dozens of town halls across France hoisted the Palestinian flag in celebration — defying instructions by Macron’s interior ministry not to do so. By Wednesday, some had taken the flag down after regional authorities initiated legal proceedings — an episode which some mayors said undermined the message of solidarity Macron sought to make with his largely symbolic recognition. “For me it’s a complete misunderstanding,” Raphael Adam, mayor of Nanterre outside Paris, told Reuters.

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