This action was part of the Carnage Total campaign, organised by Extinction Rebellion France, Stop EACOP, Attac France and Stop Total, and demands the abandonment of the deadly EACOP, Papua LNG and Mozambique LNG projects, as well as the suspension of any investment in new fossil fuel projects. The ultimate goal is to desmantle the Total Energies, making a transition plan in line with the deadlines dictated by climate science and respecting human and workers’ rights.

The targets were two locations: the Total headquarters, where Greenpeace exposed CEO Patrick Pouyanné as a criminal; here it was not possible to mobilise a mass of people due to a very strong police presence. The second location was the headquarters of Amundi, Europe’s largest asset management company and the main shareholder of Total Energies.

Around 80 organisations were represented, including Climáximo.

That morning, we were present at the action at the Amundi building, where several dozen people forced their way into the building, interrupting the Amundi AGM, that was taking place on the upper floors, and leaving a clear message with slogans written on the walls and broken windows. There was considerable violence from private security guards, who attacked protesters and fired water cannons at the crowd.

We were held in a police “cage” for over 8 hours at the scene of the action, along with 300 other people, where the police prevented us from leaving the premises. Over 100 were arrested and taken away by the French police with considerable violence.

Late in the afternoon, the Human Rights Court declared the situation to be unlawful detention, and the Police Nationale was forced to release the hundreds of people who had remained there.

During these hours, activists representing affected populations, from Peru (Marisol García Apagüeño, representative of the Kichwa indigenous people of the Amazon) and Uganda (Nakabuye Hilda F.) took the floor to denounce the company’s historic crimes. They demanded an end to human rights violations and the hoarding of resources by Total, its partners and subcontractors.

Like Total, Galp also has neo-colonialist businesses and deadly projects in Mozambique.

Here, we know that governments and companies have declared war on us and will not give in to demands, no matter where they come from.

The only option is the total liquidation of Galp and its shareholders!!