Prohibited from entering Brussels with their vehicles (30 vehicles were intercepted this morning in Belgium), some “Freedom Convoys” would have taken the road to Strasbourg. With a certain logic since currently this is where everything is happening with the session of the European Parliament which is held in the Alsatian capital.
Instructions of firmness
Problem, the prefecture of Bas-Rhin has just taken an order prohibiting “this undeclared demonstration”. In a press release, the prefect Josiane Chevalier has just indicated that “several road convoys seem to have formed to reach Strasbourg. The “displayed” objective would be to “join the European institutions and in fact hinder road traffic in the streets of Strasbourg. The decree taken by the prefect runs until Thursday evening, the date of the end of the session of the European Parliament in the Alsatian capital.
A specific system on the roads has therefore been put in place by the prefecture and firm instructions have been given to the police. She recalls that any obstruction is “punishable by two years’ imprisonment, a fine of 4,500 euros, the immobilization of the vehicle or its impoundment and loss of points. As for the organizer, he is liable to a fine of 7,500 euros and six months in prison and the participants incur a fourth class fine. »