Police detained 185
protesters in central
Brussels on Saturday after the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion staged demonstrations at a car show in protest at the auto industry's role in CO2 emissions that cause climate change.
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The protest came only days after the
European Commission unveiled ideas on how to finance its flagship Green Deal project that aims to make the
European Union a CO2 emissions-neutral area by 2050, in part through the transformation of the car industry.
A member and former spokesman for the group, Christophe Meierhans, said Extinction Rebellion targeted the car industry because it told "a lot of lies in order to sell more cars".