Sitting on the ground to save the whole planet. Six activists from the environmental collective “Last renovation” who interrupted the 19th stage of the Tour de France, Friday in the Gers, will be judged at the end of the year, indicates the parquet floor of Auch. “At the end of their police custody, the six people were summoned to appear on November 22, 2022 before the Auch criminal court to be tried on the count of obstructing the circulation of vehicles”, declared the prosecutor of the Republic, Jacques-Edouard Andrault.
One of the members of the collective “lit a smoke bomb” about 150 km from the finish, between the villages of Boucagnères and Auterive, while five other people “chained themselves together and used glue to stick to the roadway, ”says the prosecution.
Before the Tour, Roland-Garros
After dismounting for about ten minutes, the peloton, starting from Castelnau-Magnoac (Hautes-Pyrénées), resumed its journey towards the finish in Cahors. ASO, the organizing company of the Tour de France, filed a complaint following this interruption, we learned on Saturday from the Gers gendarmerie.
“Today’s action is the third in a series of disruptive actions that will continue until there is a credible and effective government commitment to insulate buildings,” the collective said. had also blocked the Paris ring road on July 16 or carried out an action at Roland-Garros. These four men and two women were released at the end of their police custody and face a two-year prison sentence and a fine of 4,500 euros.
