Greenpeace climb Eiffel Tower

Jul 13 - Around 15 environmental activists climb the Eiffel Tower protesting against France's nuclear energy policies.

At a time when France is hosting a major summit of heads of state, members of Greenpeace ascended France's famous landmark to unfurl a banner with a nuclear logo.

The issue of nuclear safety has come to the fore in France over the past week because of a uranium leak at a nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country.

Environmentalists were angered furtherover Sarkozy's July 3 announcement that France would build a second new-generation European Pressurised Reactor (EPR),increasing the number of reactors in the country to 60.

France, which took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1, is Europe's biggest atomic energy-producing nation.