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Added on the 11/02/2022 10:37:02 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The first vehicles participating in a "freedom convoy" against the vaccination pass leave Bayonne in the south west of France for Paris. The procession, inspired by Canadian truckers' protests against the vaccination pass, is set to be repeated at several spots around the country. IMAGES
Horns are heard through the streets of Arras in northern France as a long line of tractors is making their way towards the local prefecture. Farmers responded to the call of farmers union Rural Coordination, keeping the pressure on the French government two days before the Paris International Agricultural Show. IMAGES
A convoy leaves Mohammed bin Salmane's Louis XIV château in Louveciennes, in the Yvelines region near Paris, as Emmanuel Macron hosts a dinner in the evening for the Saudi crown prince on his first visit to Europe since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. IMAGES
A van carrying Nicolas Zepeda leaves a court in Besancon, France. The Chilean national was sentenced to 28 years in prison for the 2006 murder in France of his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki. IMAGES
Several dozen people gather in Nice before hitting the road in a "Freedom Convoy" against the vaccine pass. The movement, inspired by the Canadian truckers who gridlocked the capital, angry at requirements they be either vaccinated, or test and isolate, when crossing the US-Canadian border, is planning several rallies across France before gathering in Paris. IMAGES