On Wednesday evening, clashes occurred in Sainte-Soline, Deux-Sèvres, between anti-bassine activists and farmers, following the declaration of four agricultural reservoirs as illegal by the court. A gendarme was reported injured during the altercation. The prefecture stated that the unrest was…

The Bordeaux Administrative Court has deemed illegal the permits granted for four irrigation reservoirs in Poitou, particularly the contested Sainte-Soline site, citing threats to the protected Great Bustard species. Environmental groups had challenged the state’s approval for 16 agricultural water…