“Freedom convoy” in France: “It makes it possible to break with the Saturday gatherings”
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Truckers and protesters gather during a protest against Covid-19 restrictions in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. AP - Chris Young
By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow
Thousands of truckers, leaving from several provinces of Canada, found themselves at the end of January in Ottawa to protest against the sanitary measures.
This movement, dubbed the "freedom convoy", could be exported to France.
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On the Internet, several calls to block Paris next weekend have met with great success.
Who are its potential participants and what can be the scale of the mobilization?
Some answers with Jean-François Amadieu, sociologist, specialist in social movements and professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
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