About 200 activists alterglobalists of Attac and several associations like Extinction Rebellion (XR), joined by yellow vests, blocked Saturday morning a warehouse of Amazon in the south of Montélimar, in Drôme. They denounced the climate impact of overconsumption. Since 8:30, they have dumped earth and cards symbolizing the activities of Amazon and set up a human chain in front of the three entrances and exits of the platform of the world giant e-commerce. "Trade unionists of the CGT of Amazon and fifty yellow vests have joined us," said Raphaëlle Pradeau, ATTAC. The forces of the order did not intervene.
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On the occasion of Black Friday, transformed at the call of the protesters in "Black Friday", Amazon has already been the target Friday of several actions near Paris and Lyon and in the North to denounce "overconsumption, conditions "in the warehouses of the American group and" the tax evasion practiced massively by the multinational ", according to Attac.
The boss of Amazon France defends himself
Following these actions, the boss of Amazon France Frederic Duval defended the American company in an interview with the Parisian ensuring that "e-commerce is a chance for France". "We allow to give the purchasing power to the French.I understand, the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Mayor welcomes," he said.
A statement shared by Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy, on Europe 1 this morning. For her, the ban on Black Friday, mentioned in particular by Delphine Baltho, president of Generation Ecology, would be a "demagogic" measure that "would not bring anything to the subject": "Every French has the power, in his way to consume, to change the rules of the game. "