Move follows legal complaint by an association dedicated to the defence of secularity, on the basis that a French law dating back to 1905 forbids religious monuments in public spaces.
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into harassment of a minor after the 13-year-old, Lucas, hanged himself last weekend in the Vosges region of eastern France.
His €4,000 fine came after being convicted for comments he made in TV debate when he referred to the first name of fellow speaker Hapsatou Sy as an "insult to France".
After years of Covid, and with inflation biting, many medics say chronic staff shortages and increasing demands are making their work impossible and threatening the French health system.
The 81-year-old had been fighting a rearguard action to keep his job since Sunday following disparaging comments made during a radio interview on the French broadcaster RMC about the former France international Zinedine Zidane.
Long-delayed pension overhaul pushes the retirement age to 64, a move opposed by four in every five citizens according to an Odoxa poll, at a time when many are already struggling with a cost-of-living crisis.
