Overview

• Around 800 activists have set up a self-styled “Turboteuf” encampment at the privately owned château to continue their challenge to the Toulouse-Castres motorway.
• Authorities have deployed 1,500 police and gendarmes with vehicle checkpoints and helicopter patrols after reports of catapults and stone reserves.
• Organizers and participants maintain a peaceful, festival-style atmosphere with assemblies, cultural activities and strategy sessions.
• The A69 project was halted in February for lacking a major public-interest justification and allowed to restart in late May pending a full environmental review.
• Paris lawmakers are considering a bill to retroactively validate the motorway’s environmental permits while a final appeal ruling is not expected until late 2025.