One more Sunday, protesters have taken to the streets in different parts of Europe to oppose restrictions and health passes, while governments study stricter measures to stop the explosion of COVID-19 infections.
In Brussels, the Belgian capital, 5,000 people, according to the police, 25,000, according to the organizers, marched shouting “Freedom” and “No to compulsory vaccination”. This occurs in a week in which infections have doubled in the country.
“It is a completely absurd crisis management, which threatens freedoms and, if we let ourselves go, it will lead us towards a Chinese-style system says a protester. That is why people have to show their faces. It is not about getting vaccinated or not, it is about people’s freedom and crisis management that should be focused on health and not on the financial or political interests behind“.
In Innsbruck, the leader of the far-right Freedom Party addresses the crowd
In the Austrian city of Innsbruck, some 6,000 people, according to the police, gathered before the local parliament. They were addressed by the leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl.
“This meeting is our New Year’s concert for freedom. That is, a Tyrolean New Year’s concert for freedom with a clear message. And that message is the following: you will not bend us, because each of the stupidities of this shameless government strengthens the resistance“Kickl stated.
In the center of Prague, the Czech capital, thousands of people also protested, in particular against the mandatory vaccination of certain groups and professions. On Saturday there were demonstrations in other cities of the country.
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