00:00 The royal family of Belgium has been the owner, since 2019, of a holiday home on the island of Dieu, located in the Gulf of Gascony, in Vendée.
00:21 King Philip and Queen Mathilde obtained, in August 2020, the right to join their 200 m² house a 40 m² premises intended to house their security personnel.
00:34 The enlargement work would have already begun.
00:39 The problem, if it is said that this authorization goes against the coastal law.
00:49 They are in the process of doing a second extension, while in the natural areas, we have the right to an extension measured 30 m² and not 1 m² more.
01:00 "You have the coastal law that imposes itself on our territory and the coastal law is very strict," explained Patrice Bernard, elected municipal of opposition to the city hall of the island of Dieu, to the microphone of the RTBF.
01:18 A derogation granted by the prefecture for the general interest of the opposition therefore asked for explanations to the mayor during the last municipal council which ended at the end of January.
01:30 In response to the municipality, the king of Belgium would have obtained a derogation from the prefecture for the general interest.
01:41 It is conceived as a privilege.
01:45 We are a country of rights. What is granted to one, must be granted to others and there, today, you have Islands who come knocking on the door and say, "But wait, but I want the same thing."
02:01 I don't know what to answer them, "commented Patrice Bernard.
02:09 The royal palace, it, ensures that all procedures have been respected, a building permit has been obtained in good and due form, in compliance with the regulations, on the basis of the exception regime, has indicated a spokesperson, as reported by Le Monde.
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