Activists of the environmental movement Extinction Rebellion (XR) deployed a banner on Sunday with the inscription "Rebel" ("rebel" or "rebel") on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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Activists of the environmental movement Extinction RĂ©bellion (XR) deployed a banner on Sunday with the inscription "Rebel" ("rebel" or "rebel") on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, noted a journalist from the AFP.

This action was symbolically to mark the start in France of the "international October rebellion", during which the activists of this movement advocating civil disobedience to demand action in the face of the emergency of global warming are planning actions in several cities from France until October 19.

🔴Launch in #Paris of the civil disobedience week of Extinction Rebellion (@xrFrance), to denounce the #government's “inaction” in the face of the #Climatic and ecological emergency.

Other actions are also underway in other cities in #France.

#RebellionNow pic.twitter.com/313feFIAFX

- Charles Baudry (@CharlesBaudry) October 11, 2020

"With the health crisis our message has grown stronger"

"With the health crisis our message has grown stronger, the Covid is only a symptom, all it takes is a virus for the economy to be brought down.

We saw that CO2 emissions could stop, that planes could be grounded.

The Eiffel Tower is a global symbol, we mean: Stop everything!

Let’s open our eyes, it’s an emergency, ”Léa Lecouple, an activist in front of the monument, told AFP.

"The emergency is worsening and with the Covid we have seen that the power could take binding decisions, the political power cannot pretend that it cannot act," said another activist, presenting himself. under the pseudonym "Crocodile".

Eight climbers to deploy the banner

According to the activists present on the spot, twenty activists took part in the action inside the tower, including 8 "climbers", responsible for deploying the banner of large black letters on a pink background.

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