Freedom Convoy Brussels: Protesters gather outside European HQ in Belgium

#belgium #brussels #freedomconvoy #europeanunion #vaccineprotest Police officers imposed road restrictions around the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels (main) and intercepted dozens of cars during the morning rush hour in a bid to keep protests in check. Officers narrowed some highways and imposed go-slow traffic to keep control of what they feared could otherwise turn into a choking demonstration similar to ones carried out by truckers in Canada. Demonstrators arrived in Brussels from France, (top and bottom right) where Paris police fired tear gas on Saturday against a handful of demonstrators on the Champs-Elysees Avenue who defied a police order by taking part in a vehicle protest. The so-called Freedom Convoy movement started in Canada in mid-January when truckers blocked roads in the capital Ottawa to protest the government’s vaccine mandate that would force drivers on international routes to be double vaccinated. Early indications did not show a groundswell of support for the action in B