A dozen police officers and several protesters were injured in clashes at the construction site of an Alpine railway tunnel connecting France and Italy
Around 2,000 police were mobilized to the site to face more than 3,000 people protesting the 57-kilometer tunnel project that will connect the French city of Lyon with Turin in Italy upon completion, France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said. An organization called “Uprisings of the Earth” had called for the demonstration. Authorities in the department of Savoie had issued a ban on demonstrations on public roads near construction site.
The violent clashes, including scenes of police firing tear gas and protestors trying to block off a highway, have reignited debate around the tunnel project, agreed upon by France and Italy back in 2017 and partially sponsored by the EU. Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon rejected some protesters being called “eco-terrorists” in an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV Sunday.
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