Clashes took place between French security forces and protesters against an irrigation project under construction in central-western France.
The authorities deployed 3,200 gendarmerie and police forces to surround the demonstration "banned" Against a water reservoir project dedicated to agriculture, in anticipation of the outbreak of violence against the backdrop of tension related to the reform of the pension system.
A march was launched earlier today with the participation of thousands of a coalition of environmental associations close to the left. As the demonstration approached the site, clashes erupted between activists and security forces. Protesters threw projectiles and fired firecrackers, and the police and gendarmerie responded with tear gas and water cannons.
The project is sixteen tanks, with a total capacity of about 6 million cubic metres, as part of a state-supported project implemented by a cooperative of 450 farmers that aims to store water drawn in winter from surface aquifers in the open air to irrigate crops in summer when The rain subsides. Supporters of the project consider it necessary for the continuation of agricultural crops in the face of the threat of recurrent drought, while opponents denounce it"exclusivity" section "agricultural industries" on water in light of climate change.
