A number of mayors in France are refusing a government order to fly the national flag at half-mast to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Mayors in France are now embroiled in a row with their central government over the flying of the French flag after the country’s Prime Minister, Elizabeth Bourne, ordered all authorities in the country to fly the tricolour at half-mast next Monday to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
However, while many authorities appear content to follow the directive, some mayors in the country have refused the command, with left-wing officials in particular vowing to rebel against the order.by Franceinfo, Socialist Party mayor Yann Galut and La France Insoumise mayor Patrick Proisy have both refused the order, whilethat Patrice Leclerc, a Communist Party mayor for the Parisian suburb Gennevilliers, has also declared that he will ignore the directive.
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