Police in BrusselsBRUSSELS Feb 14The Belgian police did not let the members of the «Freedom Convoy» into Brussels, who planned to blockade the Belgian capital in protest against covid restrictions, including the tightening of movement rules within the European Union. According to the police, dozens of cars, including heavy ones, tried to pass through center of the city, where the main institutions of the European Union are located, but the police redirected them to a special parking lot on the outskirts of the city. was not received in advance. Police officers from early morning turned around suspicious cars on the outskirts of Brussels. In total, more than a thousand law enforcement officers were involved in this operation. There were no serious incidents, but the police nevertheless detained several potential protesters, who were confiscated folding knives.
Canadian police detained 12 protesters on the border with the United States Over the weekend, the «Freedom Convoy» was held in Paris, from where its participants went to Brussels. The action in the French capital was not without clashes with the police. As a result, law enforcement forces made 97 arrests and drew up 513 protocols. According to Belgian media reports, having failed to get into Brussels, some members of the Freedom Convoy decided to go to Strasbourg, France, where the European Parliament session is now taking place. But the authorities there also did not allow the action. Participants of the European «Freedom Convoy» tried to hold an action similar to the protests in Canada. Since January 29, large-scale protests against coronavirus restrictions, initiated by Canadian truckers, have continued in many Canadian cities. Canadian «Freedom Convoys» blocked traffic in major cities, as well as on the border with the United States, demanding the lifting of mandatory vaccinations. Paris against the «Freedom Convoy»
