In Gers, the first test for the last repair

Bordeaux

This test was the first for the latest renovation. Six members of this young environmental movement, born last April, were tried on Tuesday in the court of Auch (Gers) for “obstructing traffic”. Four months ago, these activists blocked the Tour de France peloton during the 19th stage between Castelnau-Manioac and Cahors. Chained together, flashes of red smoke poured out; In the heart of summer, this action of a few minutes had marked the souls.

At the hearing, the defendants all admitted the facts before justifying their news stunt. The only way, they say, to raise the problem of thermal repair of buildings, the great vitality of the collective. Most of them are in their twenties. They come from Aveyron, Île-de-France and the Sarthes, and before this trial none had had to deal with justice.

“This court is not a political forum. claimed Jacques-Edouard Andro, the prosecutor…