EVENT INFORMATION

29
October
2022

Sainte-Soline protest challenges megabasin water allocation

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📅 29 October 2022 📍 France

Thousands converged near Sainte-Soline to oppose a large irrigation reservoir. Protesters described the basin system as privatizing a shared resource for intensive agriculture, while farmers and public authorities defended it as a way to secure irrigation during drought. The demonstration was prohibited and met by a large police deployment; serious injuries were reported among both demonstrators and police. The event became a national dispute over water governance and protest policing.

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residents

farmers

environmental activists

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Bassines Non Merci

Confédération paysanne

Les Soulèvements de la Terre