Burkini Swimsuits Banned in Pools in French City Amid National Debate

PARIS—A prime French courtroom dominated towards permitting head-to-foot swimsuits at public swimming pools in the southeastern metropolis of Grenoble, the newest transfer amid a debate over learn how to stability France’s values of liberalism and secularism.

France’s highest administrative courtroom upheld a decrease courtroom determination blocking an ordinance by Grenoble’s metropolis council that may have allowed girls to put on the head-to-foot swimsuits dubbed “burkinis” on the metropolis’s public swimming pools from June 1.