[1][2][3][4] Officials in Paris and Brussels banned protests relating to the Freedom Convoy, following information from organizers of a similar event opposed to France's Health Pass that five convoys from across France are due to reach Paris between February 11 and 14.
[7] Riot police employed tear gas against protesters and arrested 44 people on February 12.
The protesters had been armed with weapons, including "slingshots, hammers, knives, gas cans and protective equipment.
Sorbonne University professor Jean-Francois Amadieu reports "They are not only anti-vaccine pass (or anti-vax).
There are other grievances on the subject of individual liberties, as well as echoes of the Yellow Vest calls for a 'citizen's initiative referendum' [to allow citizens to vet government policy proposals] and more general demands involving purchasing power.