Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) Party National Secretary and party’s top candidate in the Ile-de-France for the regional elections Emmanuelle Cosse looks on in Notre-Dames-des-Landes ZAD (‘Zone a defendre’ – a zone to be defended) erected as part of a protest against the controversial airport project prior to a press conference on November 4, 2015 with other party’s officials, a few days after the announcement of a possible relaunch of the project in 2016. Duflot challenged French minister of ecology Segolene Royal to defend an alternative plan B to the disputed airport project. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET / AFP / GEORGES GOBET