Paris.- To draw attention to the indiscriminate cutting of trees, an environmental activist ended a seven-day hunger strike that he was carrying out while climbing from a banana tree. located near the Eiffel Towerafter achieving a meeting with the French Government.
Belonging to the National Tree Watch Group, Thomas Brail, 47, announced on social media that it was ending with a striking protest that led him to sleep in a tent set up on a branch of the banana tree.
Symbolically, he chose this exemplary centenary because it is threatened by the urban plans of the Paris City Council, which plans to reform the surroundings of the Eiffel Towercutting down some trees.
in the top of the tree, he was a total of 11 days, 7 of them on hunger strike. “I thank all the people who have been supporting us these 11 days. I am a little tired, but let you know that we have managed to meet with the Minister (of Ecology)” Amélie de Montchalin.
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He announced that the meeting will take place on Monday, June 20. Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau also agreed to meet with Brail.
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