several town halls in France turn off the lights in memory of civilian victims

Following the initiative of the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan (various left), several town halls in France turned off the lights in their town halls on Wednesday May 29 in the evening, in memory of the victims of Gaza, after the Israeli bombing which caused 45 dead in a displaced persons camp in Rafah on Sunday evening. As reported Provencethe Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica, a must-see monument in Marseille, also turned off the lights at 10 p.m. to pay tribute to the victims of the bombings in Rafah.

The mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse (PS), immediately indicated that he would respond to this call, as did that of Lyon, Grégory Doucet (EELV), and that of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic (EELV). “We turn off the lights and we keep our eyes open,” added the Bordeaux elected official on . But as the lights in the town hall are already turned off in the evening, for reasons of energy conservation, she announced that she would turn off “the lights in other public buildings” from tomorrow.