The protest was organised by the far-right populist party the Alliance for Romanian Unity (AUR), which is strongly against Covid restrictions and against the law that would make a certificate mandatory for the workplace.
Romania was criticised during a crisis in the Suez canal earlier this year when the country was the source of 130,000 of the 200,000 live animals stranded without food and water during the shipping bottleneck.
Two-thirds of Romanians would back conservative-nationalists
The populist-nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians party has a strong connection with Romania s powerful Orthodox Church, and has repeatedly held rallies against Covid-19 restrictions and wearing face masks (Photo: Wikimedia)
Bucharest, Today, 07:08
Two-thirds of Romanians say they would support a conservative-nationalist party that promotes religious and traditional values, a survey of the Strategic Thinking Group think-thank shows.
The flipside is that an equal or even greater number of respondents would not support such a party if it advocated for Romania to leave the EU, strengthen ties with Russia, or infringe upon national minorities rights.