Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001231/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Julien Leonardelli (PfE), Sarah Knafo (ESN), Christophe Gomart (PPE), André Rougé (PfE), Valérie Deloge (PfE), Mélanie Disdier (PfE), Céline Imart (PPE), Angéline Furet (PfE), Philippe Olivier (PfE), Gilles Pennelle (PfE)
The Toulouse Administrative Court has halted construction work on the A69 motorway in France, connecting Toulouse and Castres, which had been keenly awaited by the vast majority of locals[1].
The court’s judgment has dashed the hopes of residents in remote areas of Occitania. While ultra-liberalism continues its headlong rush towards Mercosur countries, Canada and Oceania, residents in rural areas in Europe continue to lack access to all infrastructure.
Despite the fact that EUR 300 million has already been allocated to the project and that construction is well under way[2], it appears that a European country has given in to pressure from far-left associations that, besides taking legal action, have also resorted to violence[3].
The project would enhance connectivity between the Mediterranean and Atlantic corridors of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
- 1.Does the Commission agree that access for people in rural regions far from cities needs to be improved?
- 2.Will the Commission condemn the far-left associations, radical ecologists and Antifa groups for using violence to oppose the implementation of European projects that form part of the TEN-T comprehensive network?
Supporter[4]
Submitted: 24.3.2025
- [1] https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/03/08/pres-de-castres-les-partisans-de-l-a69-manifestent-pour-demander-la-poursuite-du-chantier_6577377_3244.html
- [2] According to Atosca, 65% of the budget for the A69, or EUR 300 million of the EUR 480 million budgeted, has already been used.
- [3] https://www.ladepeche.fr/2024/06/08/autoroute-a69-gendarmes-et-manifestants-blesses-extreme-violence-le-prefet-du-tarn-dresse-le-bilan-de-la-journee-12003426.php
- [4] This question is supported by a Member other than the authors: Julie Rechagneux (PfE)