Six activists from the environmental collective Last Renovation were sentenced on Tuesday January 24 to a suspended fine of €500 each by the Auch criminal court for having interrupted the 19th stage of the Tour de France.
The activists who lay down on the road on July 22 in Lasseube Propre (Gers) were tried for obstructing the movement of vehicles on a public road. Their action, which they had justified by the climatic emergency and a “worrying ecological situation”, lasted about ten minutes.
During the hearing, on November 22, the representative of the prosecution had requested a joint penalty of 500 € fine, including 300 suspended.
Make their demands heard
“We marched, we demonstrated, we did a whole bunch of actions within the legal framework to make our demands heard, but it didn’t work. It was the last resort, ”said one of the activists at the helm.
Why Last Renovation has just blocked the Tour de France?#TDF2022
The announcement effects, the pitiful effects of language on the alleged “radicality” of the ecological action of the @governmentFR and of @EmmanuelMacron are intolerable and criminal. It needs to change ! pic.twitter.com/Pz1cxnHpoY
— Last Renovation (@derniere_renov) July 12, 2022
The collective acts “for everyone” and “wishes to bring to the fore a worrying ecological situation”. He “demands a thermal renovation of the buildings, but nothing is put in place in a serious way”, added another young activist.
Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), the organizing company of the Tour de France, initially filed a complaint, then withdrew it.
