French protest caravan against compulsory vaccination enters Paris (photos)

Authorities say more than 7,000 police officers have been deployed in the capital to detain demonstrators, the BBC reports.

Several vehicles managed to enter the Arc de Triomphe as police used tear gas against protesters on the Champs-Élysées boulevard near the Arc.

Such demonstrations against vaccination measures have spread to many European countries, the world following the model of Canadian truckers who have been blocking the center of the capital Ottawa for almost two weeks.

Austria and Belgium have declared such caravans banned, while mass protests took place today in Australia where thousands of demonstrators surrounded the country’s parliament, as well as in the Netherlands and New Zealand.

Police in Paris said they had issued more than 300 fines for drivers and had detained 14 of them.

Demonstrators oppose the ‘Covid pass’ document made mandatory in France by Macron, which requires only vaccination proof to enter public places.

The caravans organized online seem to have brought together groups from different political and ideological contexts, so it is difficult to calculate their exact size, writes BBC.

Prime Minister Jean Castex said last night that authorities would be “determined” if groups tried to block the capital.

“The right of demonstration and opinion are guaranteed, while the right of forbidding others to come and go is not,” he said. he for the France 2 network.

Two months before the French presidential election the government seeks to avoid scenes like those of the Yellow Vests three years ago, many of whom have joined the current protest.

Today more than 50,000 protesters against forced vaccination had gathered today around the Australian Parliament in Canberra, media reports New Zealand police say they have arrested more than 100 protesters trying to block the capital’s streets.

Hundreds of vehicles entered Paris, suspected of being part of the protest against forced vaccination