In Saclay, France, around 60 activists from Greenpeace France, Friends of the Earth and Action Climat Paris condemned Total’s plan to settle its R&D department in the heart of the school’s campus. During the meeting of the board of directors of the Polytechnic university, the activists deployed banners in the main hall declaring 'Total: Hostile takeover of the climate' and 'Polytechnic, not for sale', while outside the building, activists displayed a 30 meters banner carrying the message "Total: takeover on Polytechnic university".