An environmental protester was tackled to the ground by the security service of the President of the Republic while he was visiting the Agricultural Show on Saturday, journalists from Agence France Presse noted. "The thermal renovation plan, Mr. President!" “, Shouted this young activist around 3:00 p.m., while the head of state was talking with a sheep farmer. He was evacuated unceremoniously by the president's bodyguards, in particular by pulling his hair, a scene which was the subject of a video widely shared on social networks.
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"I haven't seen this young man," Emmanuel Macron said afterwards, saying "I disapprove of all acts of violence, whatever they may be, when it comes to arresting someone, whether it's from 'elsewhere physical or verbal'.
A little earlier, a member of the "Last renovation" collective had challenged the head of state by calling on him to "listen to scientific reports" on climate change. Introducing himself as "Pierre", he wore a t-shirt with the words "What are you used for?" ". Several citizens supporting this movement "recalled the criminal uselessness of the current government, outlawed by its own courts, in the fight against climate change," the collective said in a statement. These activists are calling for a more ambitious energy renovation plan for buildings in France.
"I have been challenged several times by these young activists of these NGOs, whether it is Extinction Rebellion, or Last Renovation", said the President of the Republic later. “I believe in dialogue. Each time I had people, they did not want to dialogue (…) I invite these young people (…) to come and dialogue at the Élysée”.
"We can't live in a society where on the one hand you have young people, haggard in the way they approach you, who say 'we're all going to die, we're screwed, I'm 26,' and who don't want to dialogue at all," Emmanuel Macron continued. "And you're ten meters, and you have young farmers or older ones telling you 'I'm going to die, we change the rules all the time, I can't live anymore.'
Follower of the strategy of a bang, the Last Renovation collective, founded in early 2022, has already disrupted the Tour de France, Roland-Garros or a PSG-OM match. Friday evening, one of its activists briefly entered the stage during the Cesar ceremony. “We refuse to be part of the communication plan. If he wants a debate, he has our numbers, "said Pierre at the end of the afternoon on BFMTV.
