Protests continued on Sunday against the construction of a water reservoir intended for farm irrigation in western France, at a site that saw violent clashes between demonstrators and police the previous day. There was no new attempt to enter the site but a pipeline was ransacked, the day after the disturbances at Sainte-Soline, in the Deux-Sèvres department. Earlier, authorities put the number of protesters at around 2,000. Protesters have occupied a piece of land loaned to them by a farmer opposed to the project. So-called “Gallic village” wooden watchtowers have been put up, which the demon…