First, violent clashes at the reservoir under construction in Sainte-Soline, in the western French department of Deux-Sèvres, where thousands of people paraded in an unauthorized demonstration against the project, carried out by a farmers' cooperative and supported by the state.
Between one thousand and 1,500 casseurs and black-blocs are present among the 8-10,000 demonstrators, and they have begun to throw objects at the police, lined up with 3,000 agents.
The response with tear gas was not long in coming.
