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POLITICS – A red and white flag, a symbol of identity and Alsatian regionalism, was illegally installed this Sunday morning of 11 November for a few hours on the spire of Strasbourg Cathedral. The presence of this two-colored banner, the "Rot un wiss" ("red and white", Alsatian), perched at 142 meters high, was reported in the morning at the Work Notre Dame, in charge of management the monument, which sent a team to withdraw, told AFP his deputy director, Eric Salmon.
No break-ins have been recorded and an investigation is under way to determine when, how and by whom the flag was hung on the monument's spire, "said the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP) Bas-Rhin. The prefecture has announced to AFP "a complaint filed by the State services." "The cathedral climbs very easily from the ground, a good climber can climb, there are catches everywhere," commented Eric Salmon.
On this day of national commemoration for the 100th anniversary of the armistice of 1918, the elected officials of Strasbourg did not appreciate what they consider a "drift of identity". The first deputy mayor of Strasbourg Alain Fontanel has judged that this gesture, "dangerous and illegal", "lacks respect on November 11. Qualifying" extremists "the authors of this action, the Deputy Pernelle Richardot estimated that on November 11, "it is the European flag that should float on the cathedral".
A Rot und Wiss flag was hung on the spire of the Cathedral this night
It's dangerous and illegal + lack of respect on November 11th #centenaire
It will be quickly removed by the agents of the Foundation of Notre Dame pic.twitter.com/fqTaT1qvub– Alain Fontanel (@AlainFontanel) November 11, 2018
The shame of an identity drift pushed by extremist qq to show the #RotUndWiss a day of #November 11th Auj + than ever it is the flag ??which should float on the #Cathedral@strasbourg#NoPasaran@regiongrandest@UNIONEUROPEA@dnatweets@afpfr@libepic.twitter.com/KFfV5P6jNh
– Pernelle Richardot?? (@PernelRichardot) November 11, 2018
Twenty people gathered "with Alsatian flags" in the morning near the Republic Square, where was held a ceremony commemorating the centenary of the armistice of the First World War, added the Departmental Directorate of public security.
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