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French green activists block TotalEnergies general meeting over climate inaction

Climate activists block access to the Salle Pleyel concert hall where a meeting of TotalEnergies shareholders was scheduled on May 25. Demonstrators are calling for a halt to Total's expansion plans and the immediate withdrawal from Russia. AFP - BERTRAND GUAY

More than 100 activists tried to block oil giant TotalEnergies' annual general meeting in central Paris on Wednesday to protest the energy firm's climate policies and continued presence in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. But investors approved a controversial shareholder resolution by 88.89 percent.

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Alternatiba protesters handcuffed themselves to each other and impeded shareholders' access to the building, claiming that TotalEnergies is not doing enough to fight climate change.

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