Paris police fire tear gas at protesters trying to block TotalEnergies meeting
After giving three warnings on loudhailers, officers used tear gas on the activists, who sat on the road outside the meeting venue in an upscale Paris district, in a bid to stop people entering, AFP reported.
Dozens of protesters had converged around the Salle Pleyel venue from dawn, in a protest called by a coalition of non-governmental organisations.
They chanted slogans such as "All we want is to knock down Total" and "One, two and three degrees, we have Total to thank".
Similar protests have taken place at recent meetings of other oil giants, such as BP and Shell.
Oil majors BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron and TotalEnergies have together posted profits of more than $40 billion in this quarter.
Blocage de l’AG de Total par des militants écologistes.
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