Since 2009 people occupy the ZAD of Notre Dame Des Landes to prevent the construction of a new airport.
On the 17th of January, the French government announced that the airport project would be abandoned, however, the people occupying these 4000 acres of territory refuse to leave as this zone has become "one of Europe’s largest laboratory of commoning".
Bulldozers, supported by 2500 riot police, armored vehicles, helicopters and drones came to remove them from the zone.