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| French activists protesting the expansion of Amazon |
French activists gathered huge delivery boxes outside the Treasury in Paris on Friday to protest the expansion of Amazon in France.
The protesters gathered from three groups - ANV-COP 21, Attac and Friends of the Earth - in the Ministry Square. And on the front of the building is a slogan that reads "Change Ownership" and Amazon President (Jeff Bezos) and the face of the French President (Emmanuel Macron).
"Amazon is destroying jobs and the climate in France," ANV-COP21 spokesperson Sandy Olivar Calvo (Sandy Olivar Calvo) told Reuters.
She added: Amazon plans to build a dozen or more warehouses in the future in order to achieve further expansion in France and we will have to freeze to build more warehouses.
French activists believe that the Amazon is a major factor in urbanizing farmland, saying this process has been an important contributor to climate change and the loss of environmental biodiversity.
During the pandemic, Amazon's global revenue increased. Due to the coronavirus, its ability to continue selling during the lockdown has made French opponents even more frustrated. They said: This represents American consumer culture popular with local neighbors. Clash of business traditions.
This spring, a protracted battle over security measures led to the temporary closure of French warehouses in the Amazon.
Last month, under government pressure, Amazon postponed its Black Friday offer from November 27 to December 4 to help store owners fight the second nationwide lockdown in France.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (Bruno Le Maire) said: The construction of the new warehouse is the largest contribution to the urbanization of agricultural lands.
"Amazon is only responsible for a small part of the urbanization process and it does a lot of the work."
In response to Friday's protest, Amazon said it had accidentally become a spokesperson for organizations that frequently use misinformation.
A company spokesman said: Amazon has invested 9.2 billion euros ($ 11.2 billion) in France and created up to 130,000 jobs.