
Baden-Württemberg Pools Ban Burkinis Citing Hygiene Concerns
The new swimwear rule is meant to keep pools cleaner, but some Green Party politicians claim the ban is unfair to Muslim women.

The new swimwear rule is meant to keep pools cleaner, but some Green Party politicians claim the ban is unfair to Muslim women.

France’s highest administrative court, has rendered a final decision banning burkinis in publish swimming pools.

The ecologist Éric Piolle wants to put the burkini issue to the vote in his city and sees it as a militant act. In the name of freedom, he wants to authorise the wearing of the burkini, but also topless swimming. He naively hopes to see the two cohabit in the pools of Grenoble.