French Mayor Excludes Leftist Party from October 7th Memorial Ceremony
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- French mayor excludes leftist party from October 7th memorial.
- Decision based on party's stance and political alliances.
- Carcassonne will inaugurate a memorial for victims.
- Mayor cited specific French left-wing figures' views.
- Memorial aims to preserve memory for future generations.
The mayor of Carcassonne, France, has announced that the local leftist party will not be invited to a ceremony commemorating the victims of the October 7th Hamas attacks. The decision stems from the stances taken by some French left-wing figures regarding the attacks and the political alliances of the Socialist Party.
During a city council meeting, the mayor stated that the ceremony on October 7th would mark the Hamas massacre in Israel and inaugurate a memorial in Carcassonne. This memorial will be the second of its kind in France, following one in Nice, and is intended to permanently engrave the memory of the victims for future generations.
The mayor explicitly stated his decision to exclude the local leftist faction, led by Mr. Soler-Alcaraz. He cited the positions expressed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Philippe Poutou concerning October 7th, as well as the alleged political alliances of the Socialist Party, as reasons for the exclusion. "I hope that Mr. Soler-Alcaraz and his people will have the decency not to come," the mayor added.
He emphasized that there can be no ambiguity at the ceremony, asserting that a commemoration of the October 7th victims must unequivocally condemn the atrocities committed that day.
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