the president of a union in court

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As part of the opposition demonstrations to the pension reform project in 2023demonstrations took place in front of the office of Renaissance MP Stéphane Travert, in The Hague (Manche).

The MP has filed complaints pour damage and outrages. Two complaints were raised on Tuesday November 19, 2024 at the Coutances court.

Lawn clippings

The first case concerns a couple from The Hague, the man is workerthe woman manages an equestrian center. The 23 mars 2023they responded to the call from the inter-union of Naval Group, of Cherbourg, which invited the protesters to drop off bags of waste in front of the permanence of deputy.

Which they did, dumping lawn clippings. The woman had collected the juice from the clippings and poured some into the mailbox. She wrote the inscription “Travert collabo” on the road.

Filmed by a police officer

a gendarme filmed, that's how they were identified. Both assume, specifying that they acted with others, with uncovered face. They do not understand, when around a hundred people were present, why they were the only ones being pursued.

The mayor from La Hague to cleaned after the departure of the demonstrators, he figures the cost for the municipality at €300 that he demands to the defendants. They see in this approach settling of accounts related to conflict with the mayor since the woman refused to be on your list for municipal elections. She mentions harassment of which she claims to be a victim.

For the prosecutorthe political protest does not authorize treating a deputy as a collaborator. He considers that if the demonstration is authorized, the environmental damage cannot be.

Burning tires is not tolerable.

A fine of €500 suspended sentence is required against each person, and for women, three months in prison suspended for acts of contempt. The court will announce its decision December 17.

Union president prosecuted

This is the MP's second complaint. Still on March 23, 2023, but in the evening, while the other demonstrators had left, a group of members of the Rural Coordination found themselves in front of Stéphane Travert's office and registered protest slogans rural coordination, farmers unionon the local window.

The deputy filed a complaint for damage. Jean-Philippe Yon, president of Rural Coordination for the Channel, is continued. He did not appear at the hearing, but, when interviewed, stated that it was of collective action of which he take responsibility. He said the inscriptions were made with cow pencils, which are easy to clean.

The prosecutor considered that this was a collective action and that the damage which was the subject of the complaint was not the subject of any findings. He required relax of the trade unionist and was followed by the court.

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