Despite the judicial decision, the Senate voted on a text to try to revive the A69 project.

Unsurprisingly, the senators adopted a bill called "validation" on Thursday, May 15, to circumvent the recent decision of the Toulouse Administrative Court, which had stopped the controversial work. The text, expected in the Assembly, short-circuits the remedies already under way.

The Senators have adopted an unusual text, intended to "take over" by the law on the construction of the Toulouse-Castre motorway, which was adopted after a decision by the Toulouse Administrative Court. It aims to "validate" by legislative means two decrees relating to the environmental authorization of the project. But questions about its conformity with the Constitution arise. - Despite the judicial decision, the Senate votes a text to try to…

The construction site of the A69 between Castres and Toulouse, at the heart of a lively environmental controversy, has just taken a new step with the Senate vote. Can this validation law really revive the...

This so-called "validation" bill is now being forwarded to the National Assembly, which will examine it as early as 2 June. Parliamentarians intend to short-circuit the continuation of the judicial procedure.

Since February 27th, the highway construction site has been completely stopped. However, opponents of the project remain vigilant. The Senate adopted a bill on Thursday to declare the book "of major public interest".

The text is now expected in the National Assembly, where MPs have already planned to put it on the agenda on 2 June, in a space reserved for the Ensemble pour la République (EPR) group.