Contrary to expectations, the manifestation of the associations of victims of the explosion of AZF on September 21, 2001 attracted few people yesterday morning in old affected neighbourhoods of Toulouse, before the opening of the trial which lasted four months. Barely fifty with a violet brassard people are parts of the stele posed by the Town Hall on the road to Seysses and walked up to the Municipal Hall Mermoz converted into a correctional tribunal on the Garonne. The granite stele is the mere mention "azf" September 21, 2001 but no name. "I expect that State how much say there have been deaths and can register their names!" says Guy Fourest, Chairman of the Committee for the defence of victims of AZF. In cold with associations of victims, the former employees of AZF met separately before the portico to access to the courtroom. They are more than a hundred to wear white helmets bearing the mention "AZF truth" in red. "Say that we are more numerous than the demonstrators!" welcomed Jacques Mignard, ex-délégué CGT became President of the association of former employees AZF memory and solidarity. "We expect the trial that it mocks the official position of the chemical accident, which has never been physically demonstrated in the air!" he exclaims. There are hypotheses that have not been studied. "In contrast, Gérard Ratier, President of the association of the bereaved families, whose son was killed in the factory, is persuaded by the case for the prosecution of the mixture of chlorinated swimming pool and downgraded ammonium nitrate product. "There was no barrier between the northern part of the plant to the nitrates and the southern part of chlorinated products, said." All trucks passed through the same entrance as the industrialist did not believe the risk of crossing. "While his association had asked in vain for the statement that Total is indicted, it requires more a quotation of the Group:" it is not to deport the debate because this might prevent the primary objective trial is reached. " 
Removal order

Yesterday morning, five civil parties constituted persons applying for the direct quote from Total found themselves without a lawyer, Mr. Christophe Lèguevaques having dropped them the week last to defend the Town Hall of Toulouse, incorporated part civil without compensation since it has received EUR 87 million. Finally, during the hearing, the President designated Mr. Simon Cohen and direct quotation of Total and its former CEO Thierry Desmarets application will be heard Wednesday.
In the huge courtroom, a thousand people are are thrown in the calm when five judges and two prosecutors came at 15: 18 pm. President Thomas the Moynnier first made the observations "due to dissension among some civil parties". He assured that "the tribunal would no distinction between victims, that they are parties civil or not." He gave the order for reference of the only two indictees, former Director of the factory Serge Biechlin, sixty-four years, and society Grande Paroisse, for having involuntarily caused the death, injured people and damaged property, the Director is also charged with breach of the Labour Code. Then he read with emotion the long series of names of victims. At the request of two families, he joined the case of two people who died later, the balance sheet to 31 deaths in the record.