Gendarmes, activists clash in French motorway protest

Maurens-Scopont, France (AFP) July 5, 2025
Protesters clashed with law enforcement during a protest against a planned motorway in southwest France Saturday, which critics object to on environmental grounds. Several hundred demonstrators, including around 50 who were masked and dressed in black, were involved in the confrontation, some throwing stones as gendarmes fired tear gas. About a thousand activists had gathered at a chatea