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French protesters block highway in opposition to Lyon-Turin rail line, get tear-gassed

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Police in France fired tear gas on Saturday at a tense demonstration in a French valley aimed at blocking a plan to build a high-speed train line between the French city of Lyon and the Italian city of Turin.

Nearly 4,000 protesters set up tents and occupied the La Maurienne Valley, in the Savoie department. They say the plan to build the 270 km (167.7 mile) high-speed train line, which includes a 58 km (36 mile) tunnel through the Alps, will have a heavy environmental impact.

The project has been contested several times throughout the years. In 2019, the Italian Senate rejected a motion by one of the ruling coalition parties, the 5-Star Movement, to block the alpine rail link, paving the way for the long-contested project to continue.

Saturday's protest in the La Maurienne Valley was banned by the local prefecture, but demonstrators were not deterred. Around 2,000 police officers were mobilized for the action.

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