French police again clash with protesters as campaigners in southwest seek to stop construction of giant water storage facilities, the latest flashpoint amid violent pension reform protests
Thousands protest construction of giant water"basins" in southwest Sainte-Soline area to irrigate crops, which they say will distort access to water amid drought conditions.
The protest movement against the pension reform has turned into the biggest domestic crisis of Macron's second mandate, with police and protesters clashing daily in Paris and other cities over the past week. "While the country is rising up to defend pensions, we will simultaneously stand up to defend water," said the organisers.
The alliance of activist groups behind the protests said 200 of their number had been injured, and one of them was fighting for their life, information not confirmed by the authorities.
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