"We're going to celebrate everything": several hundred people gathered during a "mega boom against megabassins"

Two years after a massive demonstration against megabassins and a police crackdown on unheard-of violence, where is the fight against megabassins? We are taking stock with environmental activist Julien Le Guet.

400 people were present on the Pont-Joubert de Poitiers, one of the two meeting points given by the collective "Bassines No Merci", this Tuesday, March 25th. Two years after Sainte-Soline, the demonstrators wanted to recall their opposition to the proposed substitution reserves.

On March 25, 2023, a large demonstration against the megabassines had brought together a huge crowd in the Deux-Sèvres. The article Two years after Sainte-Soline: "Booms" and actions for nothing oulier appeared first on Against Attack.

To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Sainte-Soline demonstration, Bassines non merci 86 organized a rally in Poitiers on the evening of Tuesday, March 25, 2025, which brought together approximately 400 people. It began in a festive manner, but became tense towards the end.

The collective Bassins No Merci calls for two rallies this Tuesday 25 March in Poitiers and Melle. Two "mega bums festive" and demanding are scheduled at 7 pm. Objective: to recall their opposition to the project of substitution reserves for agricultural irrigation.

Two years after the massive anti-watershed demonstration in Sainte-Soline, what is the status of the construction of the 16 water reservoirs planned for Deux-Sèvres? Four reservoirs have been built, one of which was deemed illegal following appeals. Despite legal challenges and protests, mega-watersheds continue to be built in Deux-Sèvres. Two years after the massive demonstration in Sainte-Soline on March 25, 2023, which was heavily repressed b…