“We work hard! shouts a motorist to the activists sitting on the road, before pulling a young man by the leg and dragging him to the side of the road. At the same time, a man driving a utility pushes an activist outright, to force her to push herself and be able to move forward. Another motorist warns a young woman, “I’m going to drag you, I don’t care! “, followed by insults. An impressive scene with its verbal violence which reflects the tensions between the militants of the Last Renovation collective and the motorists angry at their blocking actions.
The purpose of this new action is to ask the government to put in place an energy renovation plan commensurate with the climate emergency. “This summer there were 11,000 deaths due to heat waves, what will it be like this winter? warns a young activist. So faced with this reality, they chose to block the road. The action lasted half an hour, the police quickly intervened and took the 7 people blocking the road into custody.