Overview
- The Perpignan town hall said Tuesday it has suspended the contract worker and will not renew his contract after a photo circulated showing a tattoo reading “Mon honneur s’appelle fidélité,” the French rendering of the SS motto.
- Local reporting and city sources identified the worker as Charles Ifssah-Becuwe, a former RN municipal councillor who later held a public-facing post in the identity-documents service.
- A resident who visited the municipal office took the photograph and passed it to online media, prompting prompt municipal action and shock from colleagues and union representatives.
- National politicians from La France Insoumise publicly criticized the city’s RN leadership, saying the episode raises questions about the party’s efforts to distance itself from extremist symbolism.
- The inscription is the French translation of the SS slogan used by Nazi Germany and by modern neo‑Nazi groups, and legal experts note exhibition of such symbols can expose the bearer to penalties under article R645-1 of the French Penal Code.