French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, France, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government abandoned plans for a new 580 million euro (£513.7 million) airport in western France on Wednesday in favour of expanding an existing airport in Nantes, a sensitive decision that past governments had shirked for decades.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said hundreds of eco-activists and anarchists squatting on the site of the proposed new development in the village of Notre-Dame-Des-Landes would have until spring to evacuate -- something the activists have previously rejected.
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