Laïcité
Marseille's administrative court has ordered the city to allow screenings of the Catholic film 'Sacré-Cœur. Son règne n’a pas de fin' in a municipal cinema, reversing its cancellation by local authorities. The ruling rejects the city's laïcité argument. Plaintiffs, including a far-right senator and the filmmakers, had decried censorship.
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The Ukrainian flag still flies over Lyon's city hall, while the Palestinian one was removed at the end of September following a court decision citing a serious breach of public service neutrality. This case highlights ongoing controversies around this principle, often misunderstood and evolved over a century. Inherited from the 1905 law, neutrality initially applied only to state agents but has gradually extended to other areas.