INTERVIEW
He was "at the head of the procession". Jean-François Julliard, director of Greenpeace France, was part of the 15,200 people gathered in the March for the climate, according to the count of the Occurence cabinet. And for him, everything happened very quickly. "It became violent very quickly, protesters, black hoods, passed the procession and came to confront the police."
A disproportionate police reaction to the director of Greenpeace France
Jean-François Julliard points the responsibility of the police. "There has been a disproportionate reaction from the police," he says. "We have seen tear gas canisters in the midst of peaceful and non-violent protesters." Namely for the director of the NGO in France, "employees and activists of Greenpeace, who were there with their children."
Reflect on the mobilization
For Jean-François Julliard, the event could not continue under these conditions. "It's very disappointing and sad enough, it makes us angry that it's happening like that," he breathes. If he evokes "a feeling of waste", the French leader of Greenpeace is already thinking about the future. "We did not need it at all, we had a peaceful, family-oriented rally, we will have to think about the next mobilization and find other ways to keep this mobilization going, because we need it to continue. "