Published
Update
Video duration:
1 minute
Environmental activist Thomas Brail and two other opponents of the A69 motorway project ended their thirst strike on Tuesday, October 10. The planned felling of trees is suspended for three days, but the government maintains that the A69 will be well constructed.
A three-day reprieve for vegetation, and a victory for the mobilized opponents. Tuesday October 10, a press release from the prefects of Occitanie and Tarn put an end to the perilous situations of the three thirst strikers who are campaigning against the highway project A69which must connect Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) in Castres (Tarn). HAS 2:30 p.m.Thomas Brailone of these activists, announced the end of the action. “We obtained the suspension of slaughter (of trees, Editor’s note)as well as setting up a working discussion on Friday”he indicated.
Several projects stopped, but not the A69
Guest on franceinfothe Minister of Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchuonce again defended the project. “There are processes of law, of democratic legitimacy that we cannot establish by considering that suddenly a collective, whatever its motivation, could replace our democratic authorities. Otherwise, our entire legal structure will collapse.”he estimated. If the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, announced that several highway projects will be stopped for ecological reasons, he also indicates that theA69 will be well constructed.