[Machine Translation] Bure: between 1,000 and 3,000 people demonstrate against the burial of nuclear waste. The procession of demonstrators in Bar-le-Duc was disrupted by a hundred thugs, who caused clashes with the police. More than a thousand opponents of the project to bury nuclear waste in Bure (Meuse) demonstrated Saturday, June 16 in Bar-le-Duc. Framed by several tractors, the procession contained between about 1,000 people (according to the prefecture) and some 3,000 people according to the organizers. “This event is proof of our determination, our union too,” said Jean-Marc Fleury, president of the association of elected representatives opposed to the burial of radioactive waste, co-organizer with local collectives of this day “Against the nuclear bin” .
Le Monde 16th June 2018 read more »