With the increase in the number of cases and the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Europe, as well as the return of restrictive measures in several countries, a wave of protests is beginning to form across the continent. These measures are discouraged in many countries as street demonstrations in the Netherlands, Austria, Northern Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, France and Croatia…
This Friday Rotterdam has survived one of the worst cases of violence in the Netherlands since restrictions on the fight against the novel coronavirus were first introduced in the country. The city saw what Mayor Ahmed Abbalab called “orgy of violence”, protesters set fire and threw stones, and police opened fire, resulting in at least seven injuries and 50 arrests. The ire of the protesters was prompted by a measure proposed by the Dutch government that would prohibit unvaccinated people from entering stores.
Later on Saturday, thousands of people strolled peacefully through the streets of Amsterdam, and hundreds of people did the same in Breda, in the south of the Netherlands, to voice their dissatisfaction with the restrictions.
also in One, the capital of Austria, tens of thousands of people, many members of ultra-right groupstook to the streets this Saturday against the government’s decision to impose a nationwide mandate from Monday and make vaccinations mandatory from early next year. This comes in a context where daily mortality has tripled in recent weeks and the worst-affected hospitals have reached their capacity limits.
Protesters gathered on Heldenplatz in front of the Hofburg Palace, whistling, clapping, blowing vuvuzelas and drumming. In addition, the flags and insignia of Austria were visible. with phrases such as “no vaccination”, “enough” and “overthrow the fascist dictatorship”…
Protests in different parts of Europe
Austria and the Netherlands were the loudest cases, but other countries showed signs of fatigue. Demonstrations took place this Saturday in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, France and Northern Ireland, marked by protests against the requirement to show a covid-19 certificate for entering restaurants, Christmas markets or sporting events, mandatory vaccinations or the closure of certain events.
You The Swiss protested a referendum, which they consider discriminatory, on the approval of a law allowing the imposition of restrictions.…
In the capital of Italy and Northern Ireland, protests focused on the mandatory presentation of a covid-19 certificate. In Croatia, on the other hand, protesters expressed their opposition to mandatory vaccinations, and violent protests on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, one of the overseas territories of France29 people were detained by the police during a demonstration against the imposition of a curfew from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am local time.
According to the World Health Organization, Europe is the only region in the world where the number of deaths from coronaviruses is growing, having increased by 5% since the beginning of the month. The continent is home to 500,000 people unless urgent containment measures are taken. …
Many of them are already being accepted, as in the cases mentioned above, or even in Germany (which allows entry to bars and restaurants only for those vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 infection), in Greece (which re-introduced restrictions for those who are not vaccinated ), Belgium (which ordered people to work remotely at least four days a week) and even Portugal.
Decisions pending in Portugal: Political leaders met with experts from Infarmed this Friday to hear their recommendations for returning some of the COVID-19 containment measures in the context of the increasing incidence and transmission rate of the new coronavirus. Among the proposed measures are vaccination of persons over 65 years of age by the end of December, as well as vaccination of children. Telecommuting where possible, additional tests, discouraged meetings with more than 50 people, and mandatory masks indoors were other measures.
Now we can wait for the measures that will be approved by the Government. And according to the reaction of the Portuguese population.
