EUROPE
When Freedoms Clash
Protesters hit the streets of European capitals over the weekend to demonstrate against anti-virus restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic even as cases surge around the continent, Agence France-Presse reported.
Around 18,000 people rallied in Berlin to protest the requirement to wear masks and other measures, demanding the resignation of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Police later halted the march because many were not respecting social distancing measures.
A similar “anti-corona” protest occurred in Berlin earlier this month.
In Britain and Switzerland, meanwhile, protesters demanded an “End to medical tyranny,” while also brandishing anti-vaccination and anti-mask signs.
In Paris, police handed out $160 fines to demonstrators that weren’t wearing masks – Paris and other cities recently made masks obligatory in all public places, including outdoors.
The demonstrations come as new confirmed cases are on the rise in Europe, prompting governments to impose tighter rules on wearing masks and other restrictions. European leaders hope that the measures will help avoid another round of the economically devastating lockdowns that were imposed earlier this year.
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