The public rapporteur had recommended last week to cancel the whole of the prefectorial orders authorizing the start of work on the airport…
(Boursier.com) — The administrative court of appeal of Nantes has not decided to follow the advice of the rapporteur public, validating the prefectorial orders to proceed to the airport of Notre-Dame des Landes…
The November 7, the public rapporteur – whose advice is often followed in administrative law – was, however, advised the court to cancel them. “Huge disappointment, and an incredible surprise, it is rare that the public rapporteur is thus disowned in spite of its accuracy”, has blasted Yannick Jadot, the candidate environmentalist of the presidential election, on his Twitter account…
90% of cases
“The judges have not followed his opinion, as is the case in 90% of cases. We regret these rulings, which run counter to the serious consideration of the environmental dimension in the development projects. At the time of the COP22, these decisions are significant way to go to France to respond adequately to the environmental challenges of this century”, emphasized the federation France Nature Environment.
the arguments of The rapporteur public
The Court of appeal has taken the opposite course to the rapporteur, Christine Piltant, which had estimated that the prefectoral exemptions to the destruction and displacement of protected species were unwarranted…
It was also considered that the airport project carried out by the Vinci group does not meet the requirements of the water act, reported the Reuters news agency last week.
satisfactory Alternative
She had finally argues that the redevelopment of the current airport of Nantes was “an alternative not only proved to be but satisfactory” to the construction of the project of Notre-Dame-des-Landes…
The legal series is not yet finished. Opponents of the airport now have two months to file an appeal before the State Council, the highest administrative court in france…
Twists and turns and divisions
This latest twist is not surprising… last year, the administrative tribunal of Nantes had initially dismissed all legal environmental filed. Also recall that in June 2016, a referendum “for or against the airport” was conducted among voters in the Loire-Atlantic, and that the “yes” to the airport had been swept away, with a little over 55% of the vote.
even within the government, the project divides. While Prime minister Manuel Valls, has multiplied recently, the calls to start the work, the minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal was opposed, being in favour of the redevelopment of the current airport…
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