Welcome to Nice. Macron loves Trawling but he doesn’t like our poster

⬆️ The poster we weren’t allowed to display as modelled by a citizen in a ‘civil society’ space.
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Yesterday, on the eve of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, Ocean Rebellion created a poster wall for the ‘Ocean Basecamp’ at ‘La Baleine’.

While we put up the posters two suited people stood in front of one: Macron ❤️ Trawling. They explained they were from the French authorities and the poster ‘DID NOT’ have permission to be displayed. The other posters were ok.

Then the same happened to our ‘Macron ❤️ Trawling’ block, it was being used by children to print clothing and posters at a workshop.

Of course we agreed to remove both – we don’t like to upset the authorities. But we were left wondering what this means to our ‘freedom of speech’?

⬆️ The workshop continued without the much loved ‘Macron ❤️ Trawling’ printing block, but we were already hatching a plan for its reappearance elsewhere in Nice.
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