Six activists from the environmental collective "
Last renovation
" will be tried in November after interrupting the 19th stage of the Tour de France on Friday in the Gers, the Auch prosecutor's office said on Saturday.
"
At the end of their police custody, the six people were summoned to appear on November 22, 2022 before the Auch criminal court to be tried on the count of obstructing the circulation of vehicles
", declared the prosecutor of the Republic Jacques-Edouard Andrault.
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One of the members of the collective "
lit a smoke bomb
" about 150 km from the finish, between the villages of Boucagnères and Auterive, while five other people "
chained themselves together and used glue to stick to the roadway
, ”says the prosecution.
After having dismounted for about ten minutes, the peloton, starting from Castelnau-Magnoac (Hautes-Pyrénées), resumed its journey towards the finish judged in Cahors.
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Today's action is the third in a series of disruptive actions that will continue until there is a credible and effective government commitment to insulate buildings
," the collective said. had also blocked the Paris ring road on July 16.
These four men and two women were released at the end of their police custody and face a two-year prison sentence and a fine of 4,500 euros.