Europes Day Of Rage, Germany Reveals Compulsory Vac 'Unavoidable'

Violence breaks out at Brussels anti-vaccine protest in Europe's latest day of rage: Fury over rules banning unjabbed from bars sparks clashes hours after Germany revealed COMPULSORY vaccinations are 'unavoidable'

RACHAEL BUNYAN and CHRIS MATTHEWS FOR MAILONLINE

• Nearly 40,000 protesters descended on Belgium's capital Brussels to protests against anti-Covid measures
• Germany set to follow Austria's example in making vaccinations compulsory amid a fourth wave of pandemic
• France is also facing worrying number of cases, with fifth-wave Covid infections rising at an alarming rate
• Violence erupted in Vienna as 10,000 protesters took to the streets after new lockdown was announced 
• Dutch protesters also gathered in Amsterdam, The Hague and Breda to demonstrate against measures 
• The Netherlands entered a partial lockdown on Saturday, sparking a furious backlash against the government 
• Austria on Friday reimposed a full winter lockdown and neighbouring Germany warned it may soon follow suit

Europe descended into a third day of violent carnage on Sunday as tens of thousands of people in Belgium took to the streets to protest against the return of strict lockdown rules aimed at curbing a rise in Covid infections.   

Nearly 40,000 people descended on the capital Brussels to protest against new anti-Covid measures banning the unvaccinated from entering restaurants and bars.  

Some protesters were seen throwing projectiles at riot police and in response, officers fired water cannon and tear gas at the group. Police have made some arrests, but it is not immediately clear how many.

Video footage from Brussels shows a large group of protesters shouting at police as some light flares and throw them at the officers - one man can even be seen mooning at them.

The protests descended into chaos, with some of the protesters seen setting fires on the streets while others threw rocks through the windows of local businesses including a post office. Two police cars have also been damaged.  

The protest came just hours after it emerged Germany is set to follow Austria's example in making vaccinations compulsory with ministers admitting that the move is 'unavoidable' amid a fourth wave of the pandemic which is crippling the country's hospitals.

Last night also saw similar demonstrations against virus restrictions take place in Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland, Austria and North Macedonia on Saturday, a day after Dutch police opened fire on protesters and seven people were injured in rioting that erupted in Rotterdam. 

Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic once again, with the World Health Organisation warning that the Continent was the only region in the world where deaths had increased as Covid-related fatalities spiked by five per cent just this week. 

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