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Paris (France), Jan 14 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Yoan Valat).- The so-called "case of the century" started on Thursday in Paris. Country’s authorities are accused by several organizations of failing to act against climate change. FOOTAGE OF THE TRIAL IN PARIS.
Europe's top rights court says Switzerland is not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti leaves the courtroom at the Palais de Justice in Paris, before returning, during a recess on the last day of his trial, where his defence is presenting their arguments in the conflict of interest case. The prosecution has requested a one-year suspended prison sentence for Dupond-Moretti. IMAGES
"Shutting down Les Soulèvements de la Terre (ed: Uprisings of the Earth) would mean the leaders of this country are trying to dissolve the environmental and social movement," explains Benoît Feuillu, an activist with the collective, ahead of the hearing of France's State Council, which is due to examine the legality of the dissolution. SOUNDBITE
Ex-French resident Nicolas Sarkozy, his former lawyer Thierry Herzog and former senior magistrate Gilbert Azibert arrive at the Paris court for another day of hearings in the "wiretapping" trial. Prosecutors say he and his lawyer Thierry Herzog tried to bribe judge Gilbert Azibert in return for information on a probe into claims Sarkozy had received illicit payments from late L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt during his 2007 presidential campaign. The state's case is based on wiretaps of conversations between Herzog and Sarkozy. IMAGES
Activist Greta Thunberg says that a ruling by Europe's top rights court that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change is "only the beginning". SOUNDBITE
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