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Some “freedom convoys” set off again on Monday February 14, to Brussels (Belgium) or Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), stopping in Lille (North).
About fifty people gathered in Lille (Nord), Monday, February 14. There was a watchword for a departure around 8 am, direction Brussels (Belgium) or Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin). Sunday February 13, 1,300 people, 900 vehicles, were gathered in the parking lot of a large supermarket in Lille. Most left for Brussels bit by bit, while some slept there.
The participants come from all over France and have taken as a model the mobilization which paralyzes the Canadian capital, Ottawa. Saturday, February 12, they joined Paris, several people were arrested by the police. For fear of protest and to avoid a deadlock, the Belgian authorities have banned all demonstrations in the capital. “with motorized vehicles”explains the journalist of France Télévisions, Barbara Six.