Twelve police were wounded on Saturday (17 June) in clashes with demonstrators in France’s Savoie department where a protest against a high speed rail project in the Alps turned violent, authorities said.
Twelve police were wounded on Saturday (17 June) in clashes with demonstrators in France’s Savoie department where a protest against a high speed rail project in the Alps turned violent, authorities said.
Rarely you have big projects without people protesting it and French people do love protesting.
But still, there are a series of arguments that they have against it, like for example that the cost of the project is too high and its not justified, that it is better to upgrade existent infrastructure, a danger of environmental disasters, also health concerns due hypothesize presence of uranium and asbestos where the tunnel is bored (studies haven’t found none).
Thanks for clarification!