Overview
- RN deputy Robert Le Bourgeois said he referred the case to the public prosecutor after the altered magnet came to light and he pressed for an explanation of how it happened.
- Magnets on sale in a Rouen tobacco shop showed the city’s blazon with a crescent in place of a fleur-de-lys, a decapitated paschal lamb, and a broken cross.
- The UNI student union condemned the items as a “profanation” of local heritage and called for their permanent withdrawal and a response from City Hall.
- The printing company apologized and said the design came from an old internal file likely produced by a trainee, and it is now auditing its visual archives.
- The company said the magnets were removed from sale and will be destroyed, reported supplying only one Rouen retailer, and noted no firm municipal action has been reported.