A hundred "yellow vests" blocked Friday morning a chemical plant Seveso in Montoir-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique), near Saint-Nazaire, found a correspondent of AFP. About fifty protesters were in front of the factory, while another fifty were at nearby roundabouts, blocking access to the company. Several CRS are also present. The "yellow vests" hung several banners, including "End of the world, end of the month, even fight" or "change the system, not the climate".
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The Montoir-de-Bretagne Yara plant "transports nitric acid, nitrates, CO2 and NPK fertilizers, all over France and mainly to the West, and is aimed at our customers for industrial applications. as for agriculture, "says the company on its website. It is ranked Seveso high threshold by the authorities. This protest action is part of the anniversary of this unprecedented social frond.
November 17, 2018, 282,000 people according to the authorities, chasuble fluo on the back, responded to a call launched on Facebook, out of any political or union, and invested hundreds of roundabouts, symbols of the peri-urban France in power of purchase at half mast.