A French mayor is facing calls to resign after giving a Hitler salute at a council meeting. The prefecture of Val-de-Marne said Sunday it would take legal action against Philippe Gaudin, the mayor of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges on the outskirts of Paris. Gaudin reportedly performed the gesture twice during a heated municipal council session on Saturday after an opposition politician accused him of allying with the far-right to win office. According to a report in Le Parisien newspaper, the 75-year-old also shouted: “Heil!” The town’s deputy mayor, Emmanuelly Gougougnan-Zadique, labelled Gaudin’s …