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More than 50 people were arrested and several hundred fined as a so-called 'freedom convoy' of vehicles reached Paris in protest over France's Covid-19 vaccine pass requirements for access to a number of public venues.

Taking inspiration from the so-called 'freedom truck convoys' blocking cities in Canada, opponents in France of a Covid-19 vaccine pass that is required for access to many public venues have set off from around the country in road convoys towards Paris, where the police authorities have banned their planned rally in the capital this weekend.   

French MPs passed draft legislation including the vaccine pass shortly after 5am after an all-night session by a margin of 214 to 93.