For over 30 years the association
Secours Populaire has been providing hot meals and drinks from a van in the Place du Salin in Toulouse. Plans have been approved to redevelop the square, but no work has begun. Nevertheless the municipal police felt it necessary to warn the volunteers that what they are doing is illegal, occupying public land to hand out food and drink to the poor and homeless of the area. Following that "warning" the association was handed a
proces-verbal ie a notice of contravention last Sunday.
A barrier has been erected around the projected works, but the association has a key and a tacit agreement. They have applied for permission to continue their work in the square, but await municipal consent, carrying on their distribution of food and supplying hot showers in the meantime. A meeting is to be held today with the city authorities to decide if the PV should stand.
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