More than two dozen people were reportedly injured on Saturday as police clashed with environmental activists protesting a giant agricultural irrigation reservoir being built in rural western France.
French police have fired tear gas ... Thousands of people had gathered in Sainte-Soline to protest against plans for a new water reservoir. Several police cars were set on fire after clashes ...
PARIS (AP) — French police and environmental activists fought violent pitched battles Saturday around a giant agricultural irrigation reservoir ... But protest organizers said they counted ...
Sat 25 Mar 112pm • Demonstrations took place against the creation of a large water reservoir for farm irrigation. More than 30 people have been reported injured. 17 mins ago • The latest ITV ...
Emmanuelle Dubee, the prefect of the surrounding region, said at least 6,000 protesters had joined the march, defying a ban on protests at the site where a similar protest last October also turned ...
Before last month’s march, the French protesters ... police would respond to the protest. It was to be the first major environmental protest since a fierce battle between activists and police in March ...
The city's prefecture had imposed a ban on all gatherings and protests around the memorial to Jean Moulin, a hero of the French Resistance, on the anniversary of the end of World War II ...
Protesters take part in a soap box race during the protests against the motorway project. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images Before last month’s march, the French protesters ...
Labour unions in France have called for another national day of protests as they seek to pressure ... the executive under the 49.3 clause of the French constitution. The government survived ...
Thousands of people had gathered in Sainte-Soline to protest ... reservoir. Several police cars were set on fire after clashes broke out at the construction site. The unrest follows weeks of anti ...
Thousands of people had gathered in Sainte-Soline to protest ... reservoir. Several police cars were set on fire after clashes broke out at the construction site. The unrest follows weeks of anti ...
French police have fired tear gas ... Thousands of people had gathered in Sainte-Soline to protest against plans for a new water reservoir. Several police cars were set on fire after clashes ...