French climate activists protest as Macron attends G7 summit
by Angelique Chrisafis in Biarritz from Environment | The Guardian on (#4NXWR)
Marchers carrying inverted portraits of president demand more action on climate crisis
Hundreds of climate activists have marched in south-western France carrying portraits of President Emmanuel Macron that they had illegally removed from town halls and which police had been seeking to recover amid a judicial crackdown.
As the G7 leaders met in Biarritz, demonstrators from a nationwide civil disobedience movement demanding more action on the climate emergency appeared in nearby Bayonne brandishing dozens of portraits the state accuses them of stealing from civic buildings.
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