2024-02-26 10:23:27
Seven activists sat on the pedestrian crossing sticking their hands to the asphalt, preventing all vehicles from moving in the suburbs-Paris direction this Monday, February 26.
The movement of climate activists Riposte Alimentaire (formerly Last Renovation) blocked Avenue de la Grande-Armée in Paris for an hour this Monday, February 26, in one direction to protest once morest government cuts to the thermal renovation budget. buildings.
Hands stuck to the asphalt
Seven activists wore orange vests stamped Food Response and sat on the pedestrian crossing around 9:15 a.m. sticking their hands to the asphalt, preventing traffic to all vehicles in the suburbs-Paris direction, towards the Arc de Triumphant, with the exception of bicycles and motorcycles, causing honking but without clashes with motorists.
After three quarters of an hour, the police began to remove the hands of five of them from the asphalt with solvent, before proceeding to arrest the seven activists.
“The government is going back on its promises by taking back one billion out of the 1.6 billion promised (increase in the envelope of MaPrimeRénov’, Editor’s note),” explained Rachel, sitting on the ground, her neck chained to Sacha’s.
“The thermal renovation of buildings is a major advance in social justice in addition to facing the climate crisis,” continued the activist, who affirms “we cannot stand by and do nothing.”
Food Response protests once morest the “immediate” savings of 10 billion euros unveiled by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire on February 18, to meet the ambitions of reducing the deficit. Elevated to the rank of “absolute priority” in September, the budget allocated to the ecological transition is one of the most affected by these economies.
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