The meni of the French gendarmes will probably be interrupted on Thursday. On Tuesday, the Ministry of the Environment confirmed that “the government will not yield to the task of ending illegal occupations.”
Therefore, there is a risk that the destruction of the site of Notre-Dame-des-Landes will resume at the end of this week.
Zadists who have submitted or approved a project, or who are still in training courses, will be "forgiven" and will have the opportunity to continue living in Notre-Dame-des-Landes on a temporary basis. Since the beginning of May there has been a strong police presence around the ZAD: A device of 1,500 gendarmes was sent to depopulate the area and has been there ever since.
Notre-Dame-des-Landes-ko ZAD Defendatu Beharreko Eremuaren inguruan liburua argitaratu du Iñaki Etxeleku kazetariak: “ZAD, bizi dutenen ahotik”. ZADaren inguruan dabiltzan profil ezberdineko pertsonei egindako elkarrizketetatik abiatuta idatzi du liburua.
During the riots between the gendarmes and the activists, at the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes, a young man lost his hand. The defendant, in its entirety, has been exploited by a grenade lawfully used by the police. I thought about how hard it can be to put and hold... [+]
In the small town in the area of Nantes, known as NDDL, for 50 years it has fought against an airport project, especially in the last decade. Starting in 2009, the defense of the environment and of local farmers was joined by the problem of climate change and, in general, the... [+]