A local belonging to Petit Cambodge was squatted since mid-November – BERTRAND GUAY / AFP
- Justice ordered this Monday l ‘evacuation of the premises rented by the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge in the th arrondissement.
- The squatting associations wanted to turn it into a self-managed social center which, according to them, would already accommodate people in large numbers. arity. But the court found that no convincing evidence had been provided of such accommodation.
- They have 48 hours to leave the premises, and will have to pay 29 euros per day for this occupation which began in mid-November.
The end of the standoff. On Monday, justice ordered the evacuation of a room rented by the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge , in the th arrondissement of Paris, and occupied since mid-November by militants fighting against the “gentrification” of the neighborhood. “The expulsion which could be ordered in order to put an end to the manifestly excessive disturbance does not turn out to be disproportionate ”, indicates in his summary order the president of the judicial tribunal of Paris, which grants 48 hours for occupants to spontaneously vacate the premises.
This room has been rented since December 2015 by the owners of the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge, where 20 per sonnes had been killed in the attacks of 10 November 2015 . They hear, explained their lawyer at the hearing on 20 December, set up a third restaurant there after those on rue Alibert – target of jihadist attacks by 2015 – and rue Beaurepaire. But, according to the squatters, the renovations never started. This empty room, they denounce, is the symbol of the “gentrification” of the neighborhood for the benefit of “speculators”, the AirBnb platform or “luxury and bobo restaurants”
153 euros per day of occupation
They wanted to make it a self-managed social center which, according to them, would already house people in great precariousness. But the court considered that no convincing evidence had been provided of such accommodation, and therefore that the eviction from the premises could be ordered, since it did not “infringe the right to respect for private life and family or anyone’s home. ”
The occupants are also ordered to pay 48 euros per day of occupation. As for the request for a provision made by the restaurant for moral and material damage, it was refused.