French politician and Former Member of the European Parliament Florian Philippot has shared (Archived ) an image of Mairie de Le Palais (City Hall) in which the French flag was not seen flying on the building. Sharing the image the politician questioned the absence of the French flag on Mairie de Le Palais.
Research, Analysis and Fact
Upon research D-Intent Data found a clarification statement by the Mairie le Palais authority, debunking the claims made by Florian Philippot Mairie le Palais said “Interpelled by a political figure, the municipality wants to restore the truth in the face of a mouth that we deem inappropriate as the municipality has suffered disorder twice by a vandal on all of our flags floating in front of the town hall. Here is our answer”Sorry to have to reinstate the truth but it is imposed… you could at least imagine that Hurricane Patricia was involved….. or dig, question because this is vandalism. Your post was not online that the French flag was already flying again, as always and proudly, over our Hotel de Ville. It would have been more sensible to take pictures of our beautiful and large library of the Republic, which has just opened. It allows us to cultivate ourselves to feed the spirit. PS: The flags of Bretton, of our twin Catalan, Acadian and other countries that shaped the history of the island are also flying proudly on our monuments”.
Intent
Politician Florian Philippot circulated a selective image to target the administration and government and to set his political narrative.
Conclusion
Claim – French flag was removed permanently from Mairie de Le Palais.
Fact- The flag was not removed intentionally but was vandalised and reinstated.
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