Attac action in Paris: three activists placed in police custody

Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP 8:04 p.m., February 25, 2024

Three Attac activists were placed in police custody on Saturday in Paris for having participated in the deployment of a giant “Tax The Rich” banner on the facade of the future Vuitton luxury hotel on the Champs-Elysées, a- we learned on Sunday from a police source and the Paris prosecutor's office.

“Three arrests are in progress, of the head of organization of a demonstration on the public highway without declaration and damage to property in a meeting on February 24,” indicated the Paris prosecutor's office, requested by the AFP.

The investigation was entrusted to the 8th arrondissement police station.

“Investigations are ongoing and police custody has been extended,” said the public prosecutor.

A banner deployed from the top of the luxury giant's future hotel

At the end of the day on Saturday, several dozen Attac activists had managed to unfurl a banner from the top of the luxury giant's future hotel.

This hotel, which is due to open in 2026, is adjacent to the brand's flagship store.

[ACTION IN PROGRESS] TAX THE RICH

Attac deploys a giant banner on the facade of Bernard Arnault's future LVMH hotel in reference to the indecent enrichment of billionaires and to remind us that a policy of tax justice is possible and necessary.

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— Attac France (@attac_fr) February 24, 2024

This operation of the association, which campaigns for fiscal, social and ecological justice, launched Attac's campaign "Super-profits, ultra-rich, mega-injustices".

It targeted Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, to "denounce his indecent enrichment and the gifts given to him by the public authorities", an activist explained to AFP on Saturday.