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protest by a man in a T-shirt reading "Agir Ensemble", or "Let's
Act Together", occurred during an interview between the TV
presenter and a winning candidate for the canton of Geneva's
seven-member governing council.
"It's a shame, sir. You are taking hostage a democratic TV
show," said Leman Bleu TV Chief Editor Jeremy Seydoux, wagging
his finger at the activist.
"The people have voted today and you come here to glue your hand
to the desk, it's a shame."
A worker for Leman Bleu is then seen in the footage attempting
to remove the activist from the podium, before noticing the
glue. He then returns with rubbing alcohol and the police help
carry the protester away as members of the crowd shout "move!".
Switzerland's climate policies, deemed "insufficient" by a
website which monitors government action on global warming, are
a hot political issue this year ahead of a referendum on a new
climate law in June.
Some activists have begun to use bolder methods, such as gluing
themselves to a road in an Alpine tunnel. Separately, a group of
Swiss elderly women is suing Bern at a European court in a
landmark case for its "woefully inadequate" efforts to fight
global warming.
(Reporting by Emma Farge and Cecile Mantovani; Editing by Nick
Macfie)
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