ER Editor: This isn’t the first time French mayors have been replacing the EU flag on their buildings this year. It echoes the flag campaign in the UK where locals have been erecting union jacks in their communities.
A sample from X —
Translation: Mayors RN: yes to EU money, no to the flag. In Carcassonne, Cagnes-sur-Mer or Harnes, some local officials are removing the European Union flag while continuing to benefit from its aid
🔴 Maires RN : oui à l’argent de l’UE, non au drapeau. À Carcassonne, Cagnes-sur-Mer ou Harnes, certains édiles retirent le drapeau de l’Union européenne tout en continuant de bénéficier de ses aides. #JT20h pic.twitter.com/uqKnMhviPw
— Le20h-France Télévisions (@le20hfrancetele) March 31, 2026
A corrective to the money argument above —
Translation: A fine piece of disinformation from the public service, even as France is a net contributor to the EU budget. European funds are in reality French money, without free use of which they skim off nearly 40%…
Une belle désinformation du service public alors que la France est contributrice nette au budget de l’UE.
Les fonds européens sont en réalité de l’argent français, sans la libre utilisation et duquel ils ponctionnent près de 40 %… pic.twitter.com/bxBSzVW2DH
— Charles-Henri Gallois 🇫🇷 (@CH_Gallois) March 31, 2026
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Rassemblement National Mayors Take Down EU Flags
One RN Mayor stressed how “the only flag that truly matters to us is the blue-white-and-red.”
TEC NEWS
Newly elected mayors from France’s Rassemblement National (RN) party have begun their mandates by removing European Union flags from the pediments of town halls in several municipalities, including Carcassonne, Harnes, Cagnes-sur-Mer, and Canohès.
The gesture is presented by the RN as a symbolic affirmation of national sovereignty, rather than a formal step toward leaving the EU.
In Carcassonne, the mayor broadcast the removal on social media, prompting mixed reactions among residents. While some welcomed the move as a statement of self-determination, others questioned its purpose, noting that the towns continue to benefit from European funds for local projects such as airports and agricultural support. (ER: Yes, but how much are they paying to the EU in the first place for this EU largesse?)
RN officials, including mayor Christophe Barthès, defended the action, emphasizing that European funds would not be affected. Barthès stated
The only flag that is worthy in my eyes and in the eyes of my compatriots is the blue-white-red flag.
The party maintains that no formal instructions were given.
Several RN politicians support and have congratulated these mayors. with MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy in the lead. For him, the European flag “is illegitimate” since the French said “no” in 2005 in the referendum on the European Constitution.
Responding on X, French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot called the removals “a betrayal of who we are”—which undermined France’s commitment to the EU as a means of ensuring peace, preserving independence, and asserting a vision of the world.
Source
Featured image source: https://www.thelocal.fr/20260330/several-french-far-right-mayors-take-down-eu-flags
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