In France, the police stopped around 500 vehicles from a demonstration against the corona restrictions shortly before Paris.

They were stopped at various points, the police said on Saturday via Twitter.

Almost 300 traffic tickets were issued.

Two mobile homes and a truck would still have made it to the Champs Elysees in the center of the capital.

They were stopped there by a motorcycle squadron.

In the Dutch city of The Hague, on the other hand, truck drivers managed to get through to the parliament and bring traffic there to a standstill.

Motorists in France see themselves as participants in a “freedom convoy” with which they want to protest against the restrictions to combat the corona pandemic.

The numerous truck drivers who have been blocking the center of the Canadian capital Ottawa for over two weeks and are thus protesting against vaccination regulations are role models.

The truckers are also blocking an important bridge at the border with the United States that leads to the automobile metropolis of Detroit.

As a result, there have already been supply bottlenecks at American car manufacturers, which are affecting production.

A judge in Canada on Friday ordered the protests to be broken up.

In France, the authorities, with thousands of police officers on duty and controls at toll stations, wanted to prevent the protest drive from several cities from reaching the capital.

Armored vehicles and water cannons were also deployed.

The prefecture of Paris banned the convoys from February 11-14 so as not to endanger public order.

According to the authorities, anyone who violates this risks two years in prison, a fine of 4,500 euros and the withdrawal of their driver's license.

The motorists' protest follows waves of demonstrations against corona rules that require people to show proof of vaccination if they want to visit bars, restaurants and cinemas.

Police authorized two demonstrations in Paris on Saturday, one by anti-vaccination and one by yellow vests.

A few weeks before the presidential election on April 10, the government is trying to keep the protests from spreading.

In The Hague, truck and tractor drivers blocked access to the Dutch Parliament with several vehicles in protest against corona restrictions.

The demonstration under the motto "Freedom Convoy Netherlands" caused significant traffic delays, as reported by the ANP news agency.

The police initially did not take action against the drivers gathered in front of the Hague Binnenhof.

In addition to both chambers of parliament, the official residence of Prime Minister Mark Rutte is also located there.

Demonstrators chanted slogans like "Rutte, get lost!" and "Enough is enough!".

The authorities asked them to park their vehicles at the nearby open-air site Malieveld.

A rally against the government's corona policy is planned there on Sunday.

The Dutch government announced on Thursday that it intended to lift most of the corona measures by February 18.

Stadiums, theaters, cinemas and restaurants should then be open to visitors again with almost no restrictions, explained Health Minister Ernst Kuipers.

A final decision should be made on Tuesday.

The rest of the restrictions should then be lifted at the end of February.