FRANCE: EXTREME RIGHT, NO EIFFEL TOWER WITH TURKISH COLOURS
(ANSAmed) - PARIS, OCTOBER 6 - The French extreme right wing
party National Front (FN) mobilised today against the
illumination of the Eiffel Tower with the colours of the Turkish
flag, part of the project 'Turkish Season' in France, which
begins tomorrow.
"No to the Turkish Eiffel Tower!", declared a communication
from the party led by Jean-Marie Le Pen which stressed its
"attachment to a France that is blue, white and red" and its
opposition to Turkey's entrance into the European Union. The
illumination of the tower that is the symbol of Paris with the
Turkish flag is scheduled from tomorrow to Sunday.
The city made it known that the expenses will be paid by
Turkey and that the lights will not show the Islamic half-moon.
'Turkish Season' includes 400 events all over France over the
next 9 months. (ANSAmed).
2009-10-06 10:30