Hundreds of activists have been blocking the TotalEnergies site in Feluy since Saturday morning. Action was also taken once morest the company in Wandre. The participants benefit from the support of a Belgian personality: Princess Esmeralda. Committed in particular to the climate cause, the half-sister of King Albert II has already taken part in actions of civil disobedience in the past.
In the field to defend the causes that are dear to her, Esméralda of Belgium is an activist princess. She does not hesitate to demonstrate in the street, even if it means being arrested by the police. Committed to women’s rights and the protection of the planet, she also denounces the inaction of the TotalEnergies group in the face of the climate crisis.
“For years, they have been aware, like all other major groups, of the absolutely disastrous impact of their industry. Instead of investing heavily in the transition, they continue. Yes of course, they invest in renewables, but a tiny part of their activities, and they continue to finance these projects which are destroying our planet“, she confides to us this Saturday.
We all need to be concerned regarding the problems people are going through
King Albert’s half-sister resides in London, where she works as a journalist. Her rank of princess does not prevent her from feeling very concerned by the major issues of our society, and in particular by the crisis in purchasing power. “I am a citizen like the others. If of course I am not like many fellow citizens unfortunately in an acute crisis, of course I am privileged, but I think it is my duty to show solidarity. We all need to be concerned regarding the problems people are going through“, she explains to us.
If the Princess of Belgium speaks out more and more, on social networks, in the media and in the field, it is because she says she is more and more worried regarding the future of young people. and the planet.
