Alerte aux toxiques saura mercredi si l’appel à sa condamnation est cassé
Valérie Murat, spokesperson and president of the Gironde association Alerte aux toxins, appealed on February 25 against the condemnation of the association to a 125,000 euros fine by the Libourne court, which ruled that the comments published by Alerte aux toxins about the quality of Bordeaux wines labeled “High environmental value” (HVE), tested in the laboratory, are “denigrating and constituting a fault” vis-à-vis Bordeaux wines.
She will know this Wednesday, October 13 at 10 a.m. if the Bordeaux Court of Appeal validates her appeal request or if, on the contrary, it follows the complaint request, in the first place requested by the CIVB, which asks that this appeal be struck off. . On the grounds that Valérie Murat, who represents the association, has not yet paid the fine. The appeal of this conviction was not suspensive and Valéri Murat began to settle part of this enormous fine owed, including 100,000 euros owed to the CIVB, which does not communicate on this file.
The Peasant Confederation and EELV Gironde at the defense
Valérie Murat has always said that this sentence was social death and that she did not have the means to pay. Its supporters are mobilized, in particular the Confédération paysanne de Gironde and the political formation Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) Gironde. Remember that the association was condemned for having published the results of the laboratory analysis of samples of Bordeaux wines labeled “High environmental value”. This has earned Valérie Murat, who considers herself a whistleblower, to be condemned for denigration, that is to say for committing an attack aimed at undermining the commercial reputation of a product, and not paying diffamation.
“The CIVB is claiming 125,000 euros from Alerte aux results toxins and Valérie Murat for having analyzed wines from” High environmental value “and commented on them. Involving professional officials, often members of the CIVB. Man”, attacks the Confédération paysanne .
EELV Gironde for his part denounces a desire to silence Valérie Murat.
“Environmentalists have always urged the players in the sector to commit to a profound improvement in their practices and to the complete abandonment of pesticides, not even now in a re-examination case.