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Inspired by movement of the anti-vaccine “freedom convoy” in Canada, several convoys left from the south-west and south-east of France to converge on Friday February 11 in Paris. Participants are mobilizing against health restrictions. The journalist Ben barnier followed a convoy from Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) to Avignon (Vaucluse), Wednesday February 9.
The journalist Ben barnier followed a “freedom convoy”, inspired by the Canadian movement, from Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) to Avignon (Vaucluse). He explains that it is difficult to quantify the number of participants. In addition to lifting the vaccination pass, their objective is to “to find life before the Covid-19”, explains Ben barnier. But older grievances, such as those about rising fuel prices, are also being heard.
This is the beginning of their journey through France to make their demands heard, as far as Paris and Brussels. (Belgium). The slogan of the demonstrators is “no to the vaccination pass” and the word “freedom” keeps coming back through the crowd. The first freedom convoy set off from Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). All convoys from France are supposed to meet to arrive in Paris this weekend. In addition to the convoy from Nice, other convoys left from Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) and Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Unlike the Canadian movement, there is almost no trucks but cars and motorcycles
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