On December 3rd, in Lyon, Monti and Hollande will meet in an Italian-French summit that, according to the Italian government, would serve to ratify the commitment of both governments to the Turin-Lyon high-speed railway line. For this very reason the meeting will take place in Lyon, being it the hypothetical terminus of this unnecessary work.

We know that in France the Court of Auditors has been questioning the project for a long time, largely justifying such reservations with the reasons that the No Tav movement has been claiming for years. We also know that both statesmen will meet at a time in which Europe is in the midst of economic crisis, and both governments keep on enacting only austerity manoeuvres without letting anyone glimpse that elusive light at the end of the tunnel. But they will talk about another tunnel, that one that here in Italy doesn’t physically exist; but that appears by now as a tunnel in democracy, with the militarization of Susa Valley and the inconceivable choice to throw away millions of euros that could be spent for the real needs of our country – from securing schools to reconstructing earthquake-shaken regions, not to mention social healthcare and security of the territories that upon each thunderstorm try to ward off the evil eye.

This time it is us who will make it from Turin to Lyon,  and we will be in the French city with two events:

– The ‘Avant Sommet’ in Lyon on friday 30.11.2012 and saturday 1.12.2012 to exchange views and organize opposition against TAV on the other side of the Alps.

– Popular demonstration on December 3rd