On Thursday December 16, the Court of Appeal in Lyon ruled: The building permit for the Turkish school submitted by the Islamic Confederation Millî Görüs (CIMG) was rejected. A decision that could mean the end of the project.
This is a new twist in the case of the private Muslim school in Albertville. The Court of Appeal in Lyon decided to ultimately deny the building permit. The mayor of Albertville had had to grant the permit in April last year after a request from the Grenoble administrative court.
To draw attention to this situation, the MP had published an article in a national daily newspaper. The polemic had then caused a stir even in the highest circles of the state. Frédéric Burnier Framboret had even exchanged views with Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer. The government had then introduced a last-minute amendment to the bill on separatism, which allows prefects to oppose the opening of schools without a state treaty that are supported by a foreign state hostile to the republic. (…) www.ledauphine.com