A third hunger striker has joined the two local farmers opposing Nantes airport
At Nantes, the two local farmers have completed 7 days of hunger strikes, and say they are in good health. They have been joined by a local left wing politician, so there are now three of them. There is a lot of local support for these farmers who are putting their health at risk to save their land and their employment. They say the maga airport project is a devourer of agricultural land and public money, for the most great advantage of VINCI (the company building the airport) shareholders. This project goes against the current social issues and current ecological good of the area.
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À Nantes, une élue en grève de la faim contre l’aéroport de Notre-Dame-des-Landes
La conseillère générale Françoise Verchère démarre, elle aussi, une grève de la faim. Elle rejoint deux paysans qui ne s’alimentent plus depuis le mardi 10 avril au soir.
The General Counsel Francoise Verchère starts, too, a hunger strike. She joined two farmers who have not eaten since Tuesday 10 April evening.
More news from the Nantes hunger strike at http://www.scoop.it/t/acipa
In Nantes, elected politician in a hunger strike against airport Notre-Dame-des-Landes
In Nantes, farmers in the hunger strike began their seventh day without food. Marcel Thebault, 54, and Michael Siskin, 64 years are well.
“We feel that the worst is over,” say the two men who are demanding reversal of the expropriation of their land in Notre-Dame-des-Landes.
These lands are needed for the construction, by the Vinci Group, a new airport at about twenty kilometers north-west of Nantes.
On Tuesday, opponents were joined by a third hunger striker. This is Francoise Verchere, General Counsel (Left Party) Loire-Atlantique, a former mayor of Bouguenais, co-chair of a group of a thousand elected officials opposed the construction of the airport.
“Faced with silence and contempt that we opposed, I do not know what to do,” says Françoise Verchere, the left figure in Loire-Atlantique, and very critical of Jean-Marc Ayrault, Mayor of Nantes. This recalls the existence of multiple litigation.“Waiting to know the result of these actions, let’s not commit the irreversible, let’s not expropriate farmers and owners …”
There is more about Francoise Verehere at http://luc.verstraete.over-blog.com/article-demission-de-fran-oise-verchere-de-sa-vice-presidence-de-l-environnement-45530530.html
Aéroport de Notre Dame des Landes : Soutien aux grévistes de la faim
Depuis le 11 avril dernier, deux paysans de Notre Dame des Landes, ayant reçu l’ordonnance d’expropriation, sont en grève de la faim, pour demander l’abrogation de la déclaration d’utilité publique basée sur des documents manifestement erronés.
La Gauche Unitaire est solidaire de ces agriculteurs qui mettent en péril leur santé pour sauver leur outil de travail; elle réaffirme sa participation à la lutte contre ce méga-projet d’aéroport, dévoreur de terres agricoles et d’argent public, pour le plus grand profit des actionnaires de VINCI. Ce projet s’inscrit à contre courant des enjeux sociaux et écologiques actuels.
La Gauche Unitaire demande à ce que les partisans de l’aéroport suspendent immédiatement la totalité du projet, et abrogent la déclaration d’utilité publique.
Nantes, le 15 avril 2012
In English:
Since April 11, two peasants from Notre Dame des Landes, who received the expropriation order, are on hunger strike to demand the repeal of the declaration of public documents based on clearly erroneous.
The United Left is part of those farmers who put their health at risk to save their work tools and reaffirms its participation in the fight against this mega airport project, devourer of agricultural land and public money, for the most great advantage of VINCI shareholders. This project goes against the current social issues and current ecological.
The United Left demand that the proponents of the airport immediately suspend the entire project, and repeal the declaration of public utility.
Nantes, April 15, 2012