Vigil of arms in Sainte-Soline, before the big rally against the “basins”

On the eve of the big rally against the substitution reserves in Sainte-Soline, in Deux-Sèvres, the opponents organize their camp.

All demonstrations are prohibited in the Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon and Val-de-Mauzé sector, but opponents of substitution reserves still hope to be heard this weekend. They settled on the vast land of a weighted farmer also with “basins”. And for several days, they have been organizing all the logistics for this gathering which is likely to attract a lot of people. “Yesterday the the canteens have arrived” says Julien Le Guet, the spokesperson for the collective “Bassines Non Merci”. “They are assigned to make 4,000 meals, the artists also arrive” . Among the hundreds of people expected, including Yannick Jadot, environmental MEP and Philippe Poutou of the New Anti-Capitalist Party. For the collective, the movement of this weekend must be powerful in order to be heard.

What we want to achieve this weekend and what we are going for this weekend is the stoppage of the Sainte-Soline construction site and a moratorium so that there are no mega basins being built. in France before there was a deep reflection on the fair sharing of water.

Julien Le Guet, spokesperson for “Bassines Non Merci”

The land that hosts this gathering of opponents was made available to them by a farmer, Philippe Béguin. Like many he was irrigating. But today he presents himself as a repentant.

Even if I was 20 years younger, I wouldn’t irrigate anymore. We can do as well in dry farming by intensifying less by using fewer inputs, it’s sure that for the cooperative it’s not interesting, because it sells much less products.

Philippe Béguin, farmer committed against the basins

The fight of the “anti basins” has become his. And that’s why he made his land available.

They can stay all winter and until spring! They are serious people who have a good cause.

Philippe Béguin, farmer committed against the basins

And to those who are afraid of seeing a Zone À Défendre (ZAD) set up two kilometers from the Sainte-Soline basin site, he explains that his land is a living area for the little bustard, a protected species and that it must be reserved for volatiles from May 19 to September 20 each year.

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