Are meetings of "conseil général" open to public? By webcam?

[hstraf]

Hello,

(I have a small company that installs remote video conferencing equipment.)

Someone asked me to install a webcam into the meeting area where our local village's conseil general meets. They want to broadcast the meetings, so the meetings are "open" (by watching/listening on computer) to everyone.

I was getting ready to do this, when the Mayor intervened and told me it is not possible to allow the meetings to be recorded or viewed by anyone except the elected list of the

conseil general. He told me it is against the law and that nobody may be in the room during these meetings, so it is therefore not allowed to make the meetings viewable by webcam.

My French is not very good, so it is difficult for me to research and determine if the Mayor is correct or not.

Does anyone know? Are there any other villages that broadcast their conseil general meetings via webcam?

Thanks.

[Clair]

Are you referring to the conseil municipal meetings (meeting of elected local representatives equivalent to local councillors)?

These are open to the public, except for the rare closed meetings.

Some info on filming/recording these meetings:

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[NormanH]

 tout citoyen peut-il assister aux délibérations du conseil municipal,

consulter ses délibérations comme les budgets de sa commune

All citizens have the right to attend the meetings of the council and consult the record of the meetings and the budgets

That of course is not the same thing as saying that they can be shown on webcam

I have found a report given by webcam

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvurd7_webcam-n-3-presentation-du-conseil-municipal-du-jeudi-13-decembre_news