Tag: SainteSoline
Mega-basins: in Sainte-Soline, the foreign press echoes “a destructive spiral”
The prohibited demonstration in Sainte-Soline did not go unnoticed in the foreign press. If the mobilization could have given rise to a debate around water management, in Deux-Sèvres and more…
Scenes of war in Sainte-Soline (Deux Sèvres)
Violent confrontations opposed demonstrators and police forces this Saturday afternoon. The toll is heavy: 24 gendarmes were injured as well as about thirty opponents to the highly contested mega-pond project.…
Mega-basins: why Sainte-Soline is at the heart of tensions
They could be renamed the “basins of anger”. The new demonstration against these water tanks is placed under high security, this Saturday, March 25 in Deux-Sèvres. Up to 10,000 people…
Clashes between anti-basin demonstrators and police in Sainte-Soline
Clashes erupted this Saturday March 25 between demonstrators and the police around a disputed water reserve under construction in Sainte-Soline, in Deux-Sèvres. Thousands of people mobilized despite the ban on…