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The mayor of a French town is getting a lot of attention after name a new road, which leads nowhere, “Rue du Brexit” in honour of Britian’s vote to leave the European Union.
Julian Sanchez, mayor of the town of Beaucaire in southern France and a far-right politican, took to Twitter Monday to announce city council agreed the new street name, which he describes as an “tribute to the British sovereign people’s choice.”
The announcement was quickly met with approval from the official Twitter account for the UK’s “Leave” campaign, which campaigned for UK residents to vote to leave the EU.
“A fine choice,” the account tweeted, sharing Sanchez’s message.
But it didn’t take long for social media users to point out that the road in question is a circular road that “leads to nowhere” – the street simply loops around in one big circle, with both entrances leading off of Rue Robert Schuman. To add to the irony, Rue Robert Schuman is named after a French politician who is considered one of the “founding fathers” of the European Union who served as the first President of the European Parliament and President of the European Movement.
“Therefore a street which starts from Europe (Robert Schuman) to return to Europe. Beautiful symbol actually,” tweeted one user in reaction to the news.
Read more here. (Global News)
Julian Sanchez, mayor of the town of Beaucaire in southern France and a far-right politican, took to Twitter Monday to announce city council agreed the new street name, which he describes as an “tribute to the British sovereign people’s choice.”
The announcement was quickly met with approval from the official Twitter account for the UK’s “Leave” campaign, which campaigned for UK residents to vote to leave the EU.
“A fine choice,” the account tweeted, sharing Sanchez’s message.
But it didn’t take long for social media users to point out that the road in question is a circular road that “leads to nowhere” – the street simply loops around in one big circle, with both entrances leading off of Rue Robert Schuman. To add to the irony, Rue Robert Schuman is named after a French politician who is considered one of the “founding fathers” of the European Union who served as the first President of the European Parliament and President of the European Movement.
“Therefore a street which starts from Europe (Robert Schuman) to return to Europe. Beautiful symbol actually,” tweeted one user in reaction to the news.
Read more here. (Global News)
