Published
Video length: 2 min
Anti-basins protests: in La Rochelle, the port of La Pallice blocked in the morning
Anti-basins protests: in La Rochelle, the port of La Pallice blocked in the morning
(France 2)
Anti-bassine protesters got up early on Saturday, July 20, to block the port of La Rochelle before the arrival of the police. The gathering was eventually dispersed with tear gas.
Despite the ban, 200 demonstrators managed to block the port of La Pallice, in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), from 7 a.m. on Saturday July 20.France belongs to those who get up early. We were the ones who got up the earliest this morning. We were there before the police. But we played it in good humor“, says one of them. Their demonstrations are the same as the day before: a moratorium on megabasins. A few farmers have come to lend a hand.
“In a tourist region like ours, the question of water arises every summer, since we cannot both irrigate corn on a massive scale and provide water to residents and tourists. So we know that we will have to make choices.“, explains Jean-Marc Soubeste, deputy mayor of La Rochelle and present on site. The occupation was short-lived, the police having chosen to use tear gas.
