François Vaillant, 70, the sandwich man facing Amazon in Rouen

On the one hand, an Amazon project.

On the other: him, as a sandwich man.

In Rouen (Seine-Maritime), a septuagenarian demonstrated, alone, for five months, at a bus stop in the city with 100 steeples "with two signs and leaflets" to protest against the commercial giant's plan to set up. online in the metropolis, says

.

François Vaillant, that's his name, stopped his action this Wednesday, but it will resume, with others.

"Amazon is practical, but it's a social plague, it destroys the climate and jobs," he summarizes 

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From March 26, the Stop Amazon 76 collective will be at his side for a weekly sit-in in front of the cathedral, every last Saturday of the month.

"There will be about thirty of us, sitting in silence," he announced on the local radio.

Like every Wednesday since September 29, François, a resident of Notre-Dame de Bondeville, demonstrated in @Rouen against the establishment of an @amazon warehouse in Petit-Couronne pic.twitter.com/If5iiqeobA

– France Bleu Normandie (Seine-Maritime, Eure) (@fbleuhnormandie) October 13, 2021

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For months, Jeff Bezos' group has been seeking to open a triple XL warehouse in northwestern France where it does not have one.

The mega logistics platform (160,000 square meters) could well land in Petit-Couronne, at the gates of Rouen, despite the mobilization of opponents.

The metropolis and the city of Rouen led by the socialist Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol voted against, in an advisory capacity.

“But these two political entities do not support the appeals of the associations”, notes

.

More than 1,800 people to process around 300,000 parcels daily.

Two appeals have been filed against the building permit granted by the town hall of Petit-Couronne, explains the regional daily.

The impact on the environment (a very strong road activity) is particularly in the viewfinder.

The project is on the other hand supported by the prefect of Seine-Maritime, who, in March 2021, signed two decrees, including one of exploitation, thus opening "wide arms", notes

, to this mega warehouse of e -trade.

At the height of activity (24 hours a day, seven days a week), the American multinational promises to employ more than 1,800 people there to process around 300,000 parcels daily.

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