{"id":672751,"date":"2022-05-26T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/may\/26\/grenoble-takes-on-french-state-as-burkini-legal-row-reaches-highest-court"},"modified":"2022-05-26T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:43:39","slug":"grenoble-takes-on-french-state-as-burkini-legal-row-reaches-highest-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/26\/grenoble-takes-on-french-state-as-burkini-legal-row-reaches-highest-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenoble takes on French state as burkini legal row reaches highest court"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dispute due to go before Conseil d\u2019Etat in municipal bid to allow people to wear any kind of swimwear<\/p>
The legal row over whether burkinis, or full-body swimsuits, should be allowed in French municipal swimming pools is to go before France\u2019s highest administrative court as the city of Grenoble battles the state.<\/p>
The city, at the foot of the French Alps, has been a the centre of a bitter political row since its Green mayor, \u00c9ric Piolle, who leads a broad left-wing coalition, proposed loosening rules on swimwear<\/a> in outdoor municipal pools.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n