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Violent Reaction: why the pushback against new covid restrictions? • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 24 Nov 2021
An angry few or a much deeper malaise?

As the northern hemisphere hunkers down for a new winter wave of Covid restrictions, the backlash felt everywhere from the Netherlands and Central Europe to the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Some are fringe conspiracy theorists or muscle men, but some have also lost trust in authorities, what they see as heavy-handed ways and mixed messages. Is the "anything goes" unfiltered rhetoric that wins elections finally coming home to roost?

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