Michel Balique, the Board of Directors of “Les Amis des Grands Voiliers – Sail Training Association France”, the “Shtandart” and the Law 

How could , Michel Balique, the president of a leading French association in the field of tall ships have defended, for nearly four years, the admission to France of a vessel subject to European restrictive measures? And how did the association respond when French and European authorities and courts successively confirmed the prohibition applicable to the vessel?