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Protest convoy slams 'water grab' by French farming sector

A convoy of environmental campaigners set off from rural France on Friday to protest over the construction of large-scale reservoirs they say amount to "water grabbing" by the agriculture industry.

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Five months after violent clashes in the western French town of Sainte-Soline, some 700 demonstrators on bikes and dozens of tractors set off for the capital to denounce the government-financed reservoirs, reports RFI.

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