TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS ON CANNES’ BURKINI BAN

The mayor of Cannes has banned full-body bathing suits, also known as burkinis, from the beach for safety reasons saying the costumes are “liable to create risks of disrupting public order.”

“Access to beaches and for swimming is banned to any person wearing improper clothes that are not respectful of good morals and secularism.” The ruling

“The basic freedom to come and go dressed as you please seems to me to be infringed in a way that is disproportionate to this risk.” Reaction from France TV Info’s legal blog