Town in France Set to Get a ’Brexit Road’
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A town in southern France is set to get a "Brexit Road" in honor of Britain voting to leave the European Union.
Far-right mayor, Julien Sanchez, decided a currently nameless street in Beaucaire in the Gard region will be called "Rue du Brexit".
The move was announced on Twitter and Sanchez said he wanted to "pay homage to the choice of the sovereign British people."
There is a European theme to road names in the area and others are named after Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet, two key proponents of European integration.
"We have already received lots of messages of thanks and congratulations from British people. British MPs are starting to talk about it. I think that the people of Beaucaire are very happy that Europeans have reclaimed their sovereignty, and perhaps they will want to reclaim their own as well," Sanchez said, according to the Local.
Beaucaire council approved the name with 29 votes in favor and nine against. Opponents have two months to appeal the decision.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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