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Added on the 14/02/2022 10:55:50 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Belgian authorities said Monday they had intercepted 30 vehicles as police scrambled to stop a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid-19 regulations from reaching Brussels. Demonstrators in the self-proclaimed "freedom convoy" were seeking to head north to the seat of the European Union in defiance of a Belgian ban after a weekend trying to block traffic in France. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating tells us more.
A few dozen protesters from the self-proclaimed "freedom convoy" gather on a parking lot on the outskirts of Brussels, as Belgian police screen traffic in an effort to stop the Canada-style protests from reaching the Belgian capital city.
Police are carrying out checks on the Paris ring road at the Porte de Saint-Cloud as convoys of protesters against vaccine passes inspired by similar protests in Ottawa begin to arrive in Paris with the aim of defying a prefectural ban on public demonstrations. IMAGES
The protests at the Ambassador Bridge in Ottawa and elsewhere have been aimed at vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions.View on euronews
Police mass in order around the Arc de Triomphe and on the Champs-Elysées as the first demonstrators coming from the anti-vaccine pass convoys arrive in Paris. IMAGES