{"id":1294572,"date":"2022-02-13T13:22:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294572"},"modified":"2022-02-13T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:22:42","slug":"freedom-convoy-macron-accused-of-campaigning-with-armoured-vehicles-as-nearly-100-protesters-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-convoy-macron-accused-of-campaigning-with-armoured-vehicles-as-nearly-100-protesters-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Convoy: Macron Accused of Campaigning with \u2018Armoured Vehicles\u2019, as Nearly 100 Protesters Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffreedom-convoy-macron-accused-of-campaigning-with-armoured-vehicles-as-nearly-100-protesters-arrested%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1294572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1370087923-e1644753496982-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">French President Emmanuel Macron has been slammed for the use of armoured police vehicles against the banned Paris Freedom Convoy after nearly 100 were arrested by police.<\/p>\n<p>Paris saw police arrest 97 people on Saturday, as the nation\u2019s Freedom Convoy protest hit the streets of the capital, despite a ban imposed by French authorities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/societe\/article\/2022\/02\/13\/convois-de-la-liberte-une-centaine-de-personnes-interpellees-samedi-a-paris_6113468_3224.html\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>Le Monde<\/em>, 81 people were in police custody as of 6 am this morning local time, with one of those held being described as one of the \u201cfaces\u201d of France\u2019s \u201cYellow Vest\u201d movement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an internal investigation into the actions of one officer is being launched, after a video emerged online showing one demonstrator being left with a head injury after being struck by police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA video is currently circulating on social networks following a police intervention on the Champs-Elys\u00e9es,\u201d the publication reports the authorities as saying. \u201cThe prefect is having an internal administrative investigation launched.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Police also emphasised that the ban on the protest remains ongoing, according to the <em>Le Monde <\/em>report.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of fines have also been handed out to individuals during the demonstrations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/french-police-fine-hundreds-in-an-attempt-to-fend-off-freedom-convoys\/\">according<\/a> to <em>POLITICO<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>One piece of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RemyBuisine\/status\/1492516150521090049\">footage<\/a> which emerged on social media even appears to show police tear gas being used against a caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Les capsules de gaz lacrymog\u00e8nes atterrissent \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur d\u2019un caf\u00e9. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChampsElysees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChampsElysees<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/convoisdelaliberte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#convoisdelaliberte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4oqujumrE7\">pic.twitter.com\/4oqujumrE7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RemyBuisine\/status\/1492516150521090049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron received swift backlash for the police use of armoured vehicles against the banned demonstration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Like a number of other countries in Europe and further afield, France has begun a harsh crackdown on anti-lockdown protesters, with video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/12\/watch-police-break-windows-beat-protesters-as-freedom-convoy-bursts-into-paris\/\">emerging<\/a> yesterday of law enforcement beating demonstrators and breaking the windows of cars.<\/p>\n<p>Right-wing populist presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has been one of the big names to hit out at President Macron, who she accused of kicking off his presidential reelection campaign with \u201carmoured vehicles\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn the wake of the arrival of armoured vehicles from the gendarmerie in Paris, he could declare his candidacy because, symbolically, I find that it resembles his mandate,\u201d Le Pen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/02\/12\/convois-des-libertes-marine-le-pen-estime-qu-emmanuel-macron-demarre-sa-campagne-avec-des-blindes_6113419_6059010.html\">said<\/a>, saying Macron\u2019s previous five years in the presidency has been characterised by \u201cchaos, disorder, conflict, division of the French people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">D\u00e9part des blind\u00e9s des <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChampsElysees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChampsElysees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Retour au calme progressif apr\u00e8s 9H de tensions sur l\u2019avenue. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/convoisdelaliberte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#convoisdelaliberte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QbRXvMCT0x\">pic.twitter.com\/QbRXvMCT0x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RemyBuisine\/status\/1492611990996623361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEnergy prices keep rising. No government response. The vaccination pass is useless and yet it does not remove this device that violates individual freedoms,\u201d Le Pen had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/12\/watch-police-break-windows-beat-protesters-as-freedom-convoy-bursts-into-paris\/\">said<\/a> regarding the demonstrations.&nbsp;\u201cI understand the annoyance of the French.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Socialist presidential candidate&nbsp;Nathalie Arthaud also praised the demonstrations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.francetvinfo.fr\/elections\/presidentielle\/candidats\/convoi-de-la-liberte-cette-contestation-sociale-est-salutaire-selon-nathalie-arthaud-candidate-lutte-ouvriere-a-la-presidentielle_4957392.html\">describing<\/a> them as \u201cthe denunciation of soaring gas prices\u201d, \u201cprecariousness\u201d and \u201clow wages\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are right to fight and I applaud them for inviting themselves into this election campaign,\u201d the candidate told France Info. \u201cIt feels good to finally hear about the problems of the working classes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firebrand populist candidate Eric Zemmour also took aim at Emmanuel Macron, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZemmourEric\/status\/1492808829255442437\">saying<\/a> that he had drastically mismanaged the Chinese Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vaccination pass must be abolished,\u201d Zemmour wrote online. \u201cEmmanuel Macron has decidedly mismanaged this epidemic crisis. I have been saying since December that we must take lasting measures because the epidemic is becoming endemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch: French Police Break Car Windows, Beat Protesters as Freedom Convoy Demo Bursts into Paris<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZrnPoKIk0G\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZrnPoKIk0G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1492559134436167682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has been slammed for the use of armoured police vehicles against the banned Paris Freedom Convoy after nearly 100 were arrested by police. 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