The following report from Belgium concerns the sale of crucifixes at the upcoming Christmas market in Strasbourg, France. Crucifixes are apparently banned from sale “with reservations”, meaning vaguely that their quality and appropriateness must be judged by the city council. There has been a big uproar over this provision.
Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from the Flemish portal ReactNieuws:
Block 4: Non-food products banned from sale with reservations. In yellow circle — crucifixes
Crucifixes forbidden at Strasbourg Christmas Market
by Hans de Groot
October 18, 2022Next month, the annual traditional Christmas Market begins in Strasbourg, the French city in Alsace. It is the most important tourist event in the city and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. That Strasbourg is French but was once a German city will certainly contribute to this.
The city leadership is in the hands of the Left, including the Greens, and thus, the warning finger is raised in the air, and the most absurd regulatory nonsense has been unloaded on the participants of the event. The merchants have just been sent an enormous list of “banned” products.
Christmas cards are no longer allowed because they are printed on paper, and thus, “bad for the climate”. The traditional French dish “tartiflette” (a kind of casserole with cheese and ham) is banned, but the Turkish snack “loukoum” is expressly welcome. In short, the expected green nonsense.
No crucifixes
But, to the surprise of just about everyone, a banned product also appears on the list: The crucifix. In other words, the Christian crucifix.
Here it appears that the woke crazies from the Left in Strasbourg have miscalculated because a storm of protest has arisen. Jokesters wonder aloud just what we are celebrating at Christmas, the birth of loukoum? And from the majority of the city council, it is announced that this “was not discussed”.
But even if this crazy ban is revoked, it is already clear where the Left wants to go: The erasure of every form of European identity in order to accommodate the repopulation. The repopulation is also on a fast track in Strasbourg: Of the 290,000 residents, there are now 60,000 with an immigrant background. The immigrant suburbs of Strasbourg are infamous no-go zones where, for example, every New Year’s Eve, hundreds of cars are set on fire.