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The movement, inspired by the Ottawa trucker demonstrations and following the weekend’s Paris protests, was brought to a standstill upon arrival in Brussels. The vehicles did not achieve their objective of blocking the city to vindicate their disagreement with the measures against the pandemic and the costs of living. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in various parts of the city, but without further mobilization.
The 500 cars and caravans that arrived in Brussels on Monday to protest against the Covid-19 restrictions were blocked at the entrance to the city by local security forces.
The police directed them to a car park on the outskirts of Brussels and protesters marched on foot in various parts of the city, especially in the area of the European Union institutions.
The Belgian police were prepared to avoid any blockade in the capital, a thousand police officers had been mobilized since Sunday night to control the strategic entrances of the city. This Monday, dozens of vehicles were prohibited from entering the city, while others dispersed.
Demonstrations are banned in Brussels until Tuesday, as it is legal to demonstrate as long as the protests are called through official procedures and not on an impromptu basis.
According to Philippe Close, mayor of Brussels, “what is complicated here is that we do not have an organizer request. In Belgium you have to request a demonstration. We are attentive, that is why we mobilize widely”. The mayor added that the movement had no permission from the Brussels authorities, nor a leader.
The lack of organization and clear leadership did not allow the movement to gain much momentum and no more than 200 people gathered in the city center on Monday, a figure that is far from the 35,000 participants in the anti-restriction protests in November. in the capital.
Against health measures and high costs of living
The demonstrators protested against anti-Covid-19 measures but also against precariousness. Most were Belgian, although several came from France and even Holland and other European countries.
Philippe, a French protester who had protested in Paris this weekend, told reporters that the pandemic restrictions were only part of his problems.
“I have come above all for the future of our children. I do not see how my children can live in the world as it is now. Freedom is swept away, there is more and more poverty. Even when you work, when the 15th of the month arrives You don’t have enough to live on,” he explained. He said that he too was protesting against rising energy prices and the cost of living.
A movement inspired by the Ottawa truckers
The protests began with Canadian truckers’ opposition to a vaccination or quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers traveling to the United States. Truckers have blocked the capital, Ottawa, for more than two weeks, but the Ambassador Bridge, a strategic axis between the United States and Canada, reopened this Sunday after seven days of blockade.
The Canadian movement has spread to Europe and especially to France, where motorists attempted to blockade the capital this weekend, failing to bring the city to a significant standstill. The protests are a criticism of the restrictions by Covid-19, but also of the precariousness due to the increase in the cost of living after the pandemic and the lack of solutions by governments.
With EFE, Reuters and local media
First modification:
The movement, inspired by the Ottawa trucker demonstrations and following the weekend’s Paris protests, was brought to a standstill upon arrival in Brussels. The vehicles did not achieve their objective of blocking the city to vindicate their disagreement with the measures against the pandemic and the costs of living. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in various parts of the city, but without further mobilization.
The 500 cars and caravans that arrived in Brussels on Monday to protest against the Covid-19 restrictions were blocked at the entrance to the city by local security forces.
The police directed them to a car park on the outskirts of Brussels and protesters marched on foot in various parts of the city, especially in the area of the European Union institutions.
The Belgian police were prepared to avoid any blockade in the capital, a thousand police officers had been mobilized since Sunday night to control the strategic entrances of the city. This Monday, dozens of vehicles were prohibited from entering the city, while others dispersed.
Demonstrations are banned in Brussels until Tuesday, as it is legal to demonstrate as long as the protests are called through official procedures and not on an impromptu basis.
According to Philippe Close, mayor of Brussels, “what is complicated here is that we do not have an organizer request. In Belgium you have to request a demonstration. We are attentive, that is why we mobilize widely”. The mayor added that the movement had no permission from the Brussels authorities, nor a leader.
The lack of organization and clear leadership did not allow the movement to gain much momentum and no more than 200 people gathered in the city center on Monday, a figure that is far from the 35,000 participants in the anti-restriction protests in November. in the capital.
Against health measures and high costs of living
The demonstrators protested against anti-Covid-19 measures but also against precariousness. Most were Belgian, although several came from France and even Holland and other European countries.
Philippe, a French protester who had protested in Paris this weekend, told reporters that the pandemic restrictions were only part of his problems.
“I have come above all for the future of our children. I do not see how my children can live in the world as it is now. Freedom is swept away, there is more and more poverty. Even when you work, when the 15th of the month arrives You don’t have enough to live on,” he explained. He said that he too was protesting against rising energy prices and the cost of living.
A movement inspired by the Ottawa truckers
The protests began with Canadian truckers’ opposition to a vaccination or quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers traveling to the United States. Truckers have blocked the capital, Ottawa, for more than two weeks, but the Ambassador Bridge, a strategic axis between the United States and Canada, reopened this Sunday after seven days of blockade.
The Canadian movement has spread to Europe and especially to France, where motorists attempted to blockade the capital this weekend, failing to bring the city to a significant standstill. The protests are a criticism of the restrictions by Covid-19, but also of the precariousness due to the increase in the cost of living after the pandemic and the lack of solutions by governments.
With EFE, Reuters and local media
First modification:
The movement, inspired by the Ottawa trucker demonstrations and following the weekend’s Paris protests, was brought to a standstill upon arrival in Brussels. The vehicles did not achieve their objective of blocking the city to vindicate their disagreement with the measures against the pandemic and the costs of living. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in various parts of the city, but without further mobilization.
The 500 cars and caravans that arrived in Brussels on Monday to protest against the Covid-19 restrictions were blocked at the entrance to the city by local security forces.
The police directed them to a car park on the outskirts of Brussels and protesters marched on foot in various parts of the city, especially in the area of the European Union institutions.
The Belgian police were prepared to avoid any blockade in the capital, a thousand police officers had been mobilized since Sunday night to control the strategic entrances of the city. This Monday, dozens of vehicles were prohibited from entering the city, while others dispersed.
Demonstrations are banned in Brussels until Tuesday, as it is legal to demonstrate as long as the protests are called through official procedures and not on an impromptu basis.
According to Philippe Close, mayor of Brussels, “what is complicated here is that we do not have an organizer request. In Belgium you have to request a demonstration. We are attentive, that is why we mobilize widely”. The mayor added that the movement had no permission from the Brussels authorities, nor a leader.
The lack of organization and clear leadership did not allow the movement to gain much momentum and no more than 200 people gathered in the city center on Monday, a figure that is far from the 35,000 participants in the anti-restriction protests in November. in the capital.
Against health measures and high costs of living
The demonstrators protested against anti-Covid-19 measures but also against precariousness. Most were Belgian, although several came from France and even Holland and other European countries.
Philippe, a French protester who had protested in Paris this weekend, told reporters that the pandemic restrictions were only part of his problems.
“I have come above all for the future of our children. I do not see how my children can live in the world as it is now. Freedom is swept away, there is more and more poverty. Even when you work, when the 15th of the month arrives You don’t have enough to live on,” he explained. He said that he too was protesting against rising energy prices and the cost of living.
A movement inspired by the Ottawa truckers
The protests began with Canadian truckers’ opposition to a vaccination or quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers traveling to the United States. Truckers have blocked the capital, Ottawa, for more than two weeks, but the Ambassador Bridge, a strategic axis between the United States and Canada, reopened this Sunday after seven days of blockade.
The Canadian movement has spread to Europe and especially to France, where motorists attempted to blockade the capital this weekend, failing to bring the city to a significant standstill. The protests are a criticism of the restrictions by Covid-19, but also of the precariousness due to the increase in the cost of living after the pandemic and the lack of solutions by governments.
With EFE, Reuters and local media
First modification:
The movement, inspired by the Ottawa trucker demonstrations and following the weekend’s Paris protests, was brought to a standstill upon arrival in Brussels. The vehicles did not achieve their objective of blocking the city to vindicate their disagreement with the measures against the pandemic and the costs of living. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in various parts of the city, but without further mobilization.
The 500 cars and caravans that arrived in Brussels on Monday to protest against the Covid-19 restrictions were blocked at the entrance to the city by local security forces.
The police directed them to a car park on the outskirts of Brussels and protesters marched on foot in various parts of the city, especially in the area of the European Union institutions.
The Belgian police were prepared to avoid any blockade in the capital, a thousand police officers had been mobilized since Sunday night to control the strategic entrances of the city. This Monday, dozens of vehicles were prohibited from entering the city, while others dispersed.
Demonstrations are banned in Brussels until Tuesday, as it is legal to demonstrate as long as the protests are called through official procedures and not on an impromptu basis.
According to Philippe Close, mayor of Brussels, “what is complicated here is that we do not have an organizer request. In Belgium you have to request a demonstration. We are attentive, that is why we mobilize widely”. The mayor added that the movement had no permission from the Brussels authorities, nor a leader.
The lack of organization and clear leadership did not allow the movement to gain much momentum and no more than 200 people gathered in the city center on Monday, a figure that is far from the 35,000 participants in the anti-restriction protests in November. in the capital.
Against health measures and high costs of living
The demonstrators protested against anti-Covid-19 measures but also against precariousness. Most were Belgian, although several came from France and even Holland and other European countries.
Philippe, a French protester who had protested in Paris this weekend, told reporters that the pandemic restrictions were only part of his problems.
“I have come above all for the future of our children. I do not see how my children can live in the world as it is now. Freedom is swept away, there is more and more poverty. Even when you work, when the 15th of the month arrives You don’t have enough to live on,” he explained. He said that he too was protesting against rising energy prices and the cost of living.
A movement inspired by the Ottawa truckers
The protests began with Canadian truckers’ opposition to a vaccination or quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers traveling to the United States. Truckers have blocked the capital, Ottawa, for more than two weeks, but the Ambassador Bridge, a strategic axis between the United States and Canada, reopened this Sunday after seven days of blockade.
The Canadian movement has spread to Europe and especially to France, where motorists attempted to blockade the capital this weekend, failing to bring the city to a significant standstill. The protests are a criticism of the restrictions by Covid-19, but also of the precariousness due to the increase in the cost of living after the pandemic and the lack of solutions by governments.
With EFE, Reuters and local media