Anti-lockdown protests erupt across Europe as tempers fray over tightening restrictions

Demonstrators took to the streets in several European cities on Saturday to protest Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, with clashes between demonstrators and police erupting in the German city of Kassel while in London, police arrested dozens of people for breaching pandemic restrictions. Protests also erupted in Austria, Belgium, Britain, Croatia, Finland, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland as European authorities confront a third coronavirus wave. Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7
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