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French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in a roundtable discussion with business leaders on green industry at the seventh "Choose France" summit in Versailles. IMAGES
Trial resumes for Benoit Feuillu and four other alleged organisers of two banned demonstrations in western rural France. The activists argue they fight to preserve water and are opposing large artificials reservoirs or "bassines" which they see as a way to monopolise water resources for the farming industry. in October 2022 and specially, in March 2023, the protests turned into violent clashes with police with many protesters injured. SOUNDBITE
German police officers begin removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures after they embarked on an operation to evacuate a protest camp that has become a symbol of resistance against fossil fuels. Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, has been turned over to around 2,000 anti-coal activists who are trying to prevent the site from being dug up for coal. IMAGES
Security and football officials involved in the Champions League final in Paris, which turned into chaos near the Stade de France, are meeting with French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera to understand what went wrong. IMAGES
About 100 activists attempt to gather for an unauthorised protest against Covid vaccines and restrictions despite police presence and some arrests in Stuttgart, southern Germany. IMAGES