The French president admits there is a Covid 'fatigue' in the country ahead a banned gathering.
Convoys from towns and cities around France have been making their way to Paris apparently inspired by that protest.
Convoys are organising online and appear to come from various political and ideological backgrounds, making it difficult to estimate how many vehicles might arrive in Paris. Veteran far-right leader Marine Le Pen, hinting at her support for the demonstration in a radio interview, described it as "another form of the yellow vests", referring to protests that started in 2018 over fuel duty and later escalated to a much wider anti-government movement.
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