In Brussels, according to the police, 50,000 demonstrators took to the streets to demonstrate against the corona policy. The police are present en masse, Flemish media write.
According to the Flemish broadcaster GARDEN the atmosphere at the demonstration in the afternoon changed. “Some protesters throw projectiles at the police,” the site writes. Police used tear gas and water cannons. news site HLN says at least one injured person has been taken away.
The VRT also writes that “remarkably many” foreigners come to the demonstration, including people from the Netherlands, Germany and France. Railway company NMBS deployed extra staff.
“We are not against the corona measures per se,” says the chairman of Europeans United, one of the initiators of the demonstration. “We are mainly against the undemocratic way in which these are created.”
Demonstrations in Brussels got out of hand earlier. Last month the police hit come to blows with protesters.
The police intervene in the demonstration:
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