stopover in Lille for the demonstrators, en route to Brussels

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.