“Commando-style” protests by climate activists in France are provoking a public backlash and almost three quarters of respondents to a poll called for protesters to be dealt with using “counterterrorism tactics”.
In recent months environmentalists have staged headline-grabbing stunts, including throwing paint at artwork by Claude Monet on loan to Sweden and disrupting a performance at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, where a protester chained himself to the scenery.
