NICE, FRANCE --
Protesters gathered in southern France on Wednesday for what they are saying shall be a "freedom convoy" that can converge on Paris and Brussels to demand an finish to COVID-19 restrictions, impressed by protesters who've blocked a Canadian border crossing.
About 200 protesters assembled in a parking zone in Good, on France's Mediterranean coast, with many displaying Canadian flags in a nod to the truckers in Canada who're protesting their authorities's COVID-19 restrictions.
The protesters in Good mentioned they deliberate to move first to Paris, then on to Brussels -- headquarters of the European Union -- to demand, amongst different issues, the scrapping of guidelines barring individuals from public venues if they do not have a COVID-19 vaccination.
"A number of individuals do not perceive why a vaccine cross is in power in France," mentioned one man who was serving to coordinate the convoy from Good, and who gave his identify as Denis.
"Our work is to speak to Europe that setting up a well being cross till 2023 is one thing nearly all of our fellow residents can't perceive," mentioned Denis, who declined to provide his household identify.
Not the entire individuals setting out from Good deliberate to journey all the best way to Paris or Brussels. The convoy was made up of bikes and personal automobiles, however no vehicles.
Within the metropolis of Perpignan, close to France's border with Spain, round 200 individuals gathered to set off in the direction of Paris as a part of the "freedom convoy" motion.
Their convoy was made up of automobiles, some camper vans, and one heavy-goods car.
"We're simply uninterested in all of it. We need to go the place we would like with out being requested for a vaccine cross. At the least with this motion, I'm doing one thing," mentioned Nicolas Bourrat, an unbiased truck driver, as he was about to hit the street.
On this file photograph we see a scholar sporting a banner studying: damaging virus, 5 years of an infection, throughout a protest in Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Picture/Francois Mori)
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