Overview

• On June 26, Hurmic notified Ashdod’s mayor that Bordeaux would temporarily suspend all cooperation until a durable ceasefire and peace negotiations begin.
• Deputy Mayor Céline Papin confirmed that partnerships with Saint Petersburg and Baku have also been halted while dialogue channels with Ashdod remain open.
• Hurmic said Israeli operations in Gaza violate international law and inflict unacceptable civilian suffering that breaches the twinning’s humanist values.
• Opposition figures including Thomas Cazenave and Nathalie Delattre condemned the unilateral move as a pre-electoral maneuver taken without a municipal council vote.
• The decision reflects a wider French municipal trend, with Strasbourg suspending Ramat Gan ties and Marseille debating delinking from Haifa over humanitarian concerns.