Climate change activists block the entrance of the Societe Generale bank headquarters in La Defense, near Paris, during an environmental protest called by the NGO Extinction Rebellion, on April 19, 2019. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty ImagesClimate activists blocked thousands of employees from entering the headquarters of French bank Societe Generale, state-run utility EDF and oil giant Total on Friday, environmental group Greenpeace said.
Protesters plastered giant posters of President Emmanuel Macron carrying the slogan “Macron, President of Polluters” and a banner reading “Scene of Climate Crime” on the glass facade of Societe Generale, Reuters TV images showed.Police pepper-sprayed one group blocking the bank’s main entrance in a sit-down protest.
Employees in business suits milled around outside their offices. “I just want to get inside and on with my work,” one frustrated bank employee said. A Total spokeswoman said two senior company executives had held talks with representatives of Greenpeace and Les Amis de la Terre.Total chief executive Patrick Pouyanne told an industry summit on Friday his company had increased output to 2.95 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, passing its 2018 record, aided by increased production in Australia, Angola, Nigeria and Russia.
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