France to challenge Grenoble's move to allow burkinis in public pools

Town council votes to allow bathers to wear full-body swimsuit in pools, but government threatens to block move The French government is to challenge a town council decision to allow bathers to wear the burkini - a full-body swimsuit - in its pools. The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said the move was an "unacceptable provocation" that was against the values of the secular republic and announced he would seek to block it.