Some 400 protesters gathered Saturday in Gironde against the future high-speed rail line. The project aims to connect, by 2032, Toulouse to Paris in 3h10 and Bordeaux in 1h05.
Opponents denounce a "deadly project" that would lead to the artificialization of 5000,<> hectares. The president of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Alain Rousset and his other supporters defend a "green" project that would "take out" of the road the 10,000 trucks going up every day from Spain.