Rhône. Under the drip of the far right, the label “Most Beautiful Festivals in France” is driving away the Conscripts but not the Medieval Pelaudes

She took the time to carefully analyze the controversy before making her decision. And, this Wednesday, August 20, the president of the Baladins du Castel, Nathalie Henry, decided: The Medieval Pelaudes of Pomeys will not follow the examples of the Espelette Pepper Festival, the Nantes Carnival, or the Mushroom Fair of Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid (Haute-Loire).

They won't renounce the "Plus belles fêtes de France" label, proudly acquired at the beginning of the summer. And they won't give up the €1,000 promised for the 2025 vintage on September 12, 13, and 14. And even though L'Humanité revealed in mid-July the label's financial ties with the highly controversial, ultraconservative, identity-based boss of the Smartbox group, Pierre-Édouard Stérin ,...

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