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Hundreds of people have rallied in several French towns and cities in protests called by anti-capitalist and environmental groups against e-commerce giant Amazon. Among the places where demonstrators staged rallies on Saturday was the small southern town of Fournes near Pont-du-Gard, a World Heritage site, where the United States-based company plans to set up a 38,000-square-metre (400,000-square-feet) facility. Protesting at the site, between 800 and 1,000 people formed a human chain to show the size of the project, with multicoloured balloons floated 18 metres (60 feet) up to indicate the h...

French protesters demand end to e-commerce giant Amazon's expansion project Issued on: 30/01/2021 - 14:26 Amazon plans to set up a giant warehouse near a World Heritage Site RAYMOND ROIG AFP 3 min Anti-capitalist and environmental groups have staged demonstrations in several French towns and cities against Amazon, including at one site where the online retail giant plans a massive warehouse. Advertising Read more Amazon plans to set up a 38,000-square-metre (400,000-square-feet) facility in the small southern tow...

30 Jan 2021 (AFP) — Hundreds rallied in several French towns on Saturday in protests against Amazon called by anti-capitalist and environmental groups, including at one site where the U.S. e-commerce giant plans a massive warehouse. Amazon plans to set up a 38,000-square-metre (400,000-square-feet) facility in the small southern town of Fournes near the Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct bridge that is a World Heritage site. A crowd police said numbered around 800 and which organisers estimated at 1,400 rallied at the site, planting shrubs in front of huge banners reading “Stop Amazon” and ...