“We must all oppose violence”, but “the law must be respected on each side”, reacts the Bird Protection League

“We must all oppose violence”but “the law must be respected on each side“, reacted Friday November 10 on franceinfo Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, the president of the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO), the day after the cancellation by the Council of State of the dissolution of the Earth Uprisings.

The administrative court considered that the collective had done well “delivered to provocations, violent actions against property”notably in Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) but its dissolution did not constitute “a measure adapted, necessary and proportionate to the seriousness of the disturbances likely to cause public order”.

“Broken promises” lead “inevitably to violence”

Allain Bougrain-Dubourg welcomes “favorably” this decision. He states that we should not “gag whistleblowers” while recalling his “opposition to violence”.

Nevertheless, the president of the LPO assures that “contempt” And “broken promises” lead “inevitably to violence”. He takes the example of the water reserves of Sainte-Soline: they were authorized “in return for a commitment from operators” Who “was not held”. “We are guided by respect for the law and respect for science,” insists Allain Bougrain-Dubourg. “We win all our appeals, we are treated as litigators but we only remind people of the law.”