A sartorial scandal in French parliament? The far-left members refuse to wear ties.

At the first meeting of the new French parliament on Tuesday, there was a sartorial scandal: Male members of parliament representing Jean Luc Mélénchon's far-left France Insoumise party turned up without ties. It was no mistake. For the party's members, it was an important and politically symbolic move. “It is the people who are returning to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/06/28/a-sartorial-scandal-in-french-parliament-the-far-left-members-refuse-to-wear-ties/