Demonstrators protesting against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions as part of "European Freedom Convoy 2022" wait in a parking lot, where police escorted them earlier as Brussels authorities said the parking post located in Grimbergen, in the outskirts of Brussels, is the only area in the region where participants can gather, in Brussels, Belgium, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Clement Rossignol
About 500 cars and campervans arrived in Brussels on Monday, mainly from France, in a convoy to protest against coronavirus restrictions, Brussels mayor Philippe Close said.
The vehicles were barred from the city. Police directed them to a parking place on the outskirts of Brussels, from where protesters continued on foot to a square in the city centre and the area housing European Union institutions.
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