The future Serge Gainsbourg metro station, planned on line 11 in the municipality of Lilas, is at the center of a lively controversy. While the inauguration of this new stage of the metro line is announced for the first half of 2024, beyond 15,500 signatories they expressed their opposition to this choice. Everyone gathered around a petition explaining that this name is a tribute “a violent man, notorious misogynist and champion of incest”Garlic “paedocriminal tendencies”.
“A spit in the face of the victims”
Promoters of this petition launched on November 26, feminist activists Marie G. and Cécile Cée ask the RATP and the Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) to choose another personality to pay homage to.
Illustrator Cécile Cée imagined an online comic that explained why celebrating this man with songs, films, speeches and controversial behavior represents an initiative “spitting in the faces of victims” of gender and sexual violence.
An estimated name change between 900,000 euros and 1 million euros
As reported The Parisianthe signatories of the petition were received by the mayor Lionel Benharous and his deputy delegate for culture, education and equality between women and men, Madeline Da Silva.
If the latter had confided in him “I wouldn’t choose the same name today”have made budgetary arguments, citing estimated costs between 900,000 euros and 1 million euros for the name change. The municipality, claiming that it did not want to affect its budget, referred the activists to the IDFM. Case to followtherefore.
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