Police fire tear gas at Brussels protest against austerity measures
Trade unions led a strike involving up to 150,000 protesters against pension reforms and austerity measures amid Belgium's budget deficit breaching EU limits.
- Tens of thousands protested in Brussels against Prime Minister Bart de Wever's proposed austerity measures, with organizers estimating over 150,000 participants despite police reporting 80,000.
- Belgian police used tear gas to disperse crowds, while minor scuffles occurred between police and protesters.
- The protest was organized by Belgium's three major trade unions and opposed cuts to pension and healthcare systems.
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Belgian police clash with protesters as austerity anger grips Brussels
Belgian police used tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday to disperse tens of thousands of protesters who filled the streets of Brussels to denounce Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s proposed austerity measures.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Brussels in a nationwide strike over government austerity and reforms, the BBC reports. The protests grounded flights and severely disrupted public transport. Belgium's three largest unions were protesting against pension reforms and other measures by Prime Minister Bart De Wever's centre-right government to reduce the budget deficit. Brussels police estimated that around 80,000 people marched b…
The austerity policies of the Belgian federal government put tens of thousands of demonstrators on the streets of Brussels on Tuesday 14 October. Pensions, unemployment benefits, tuition fees, the coalition led by Federal Prime Minister Bart De Wever led to a mobilization to match the expectations of the unions on the common front for this national strike: 80,000 demonstrators at midday, according to the Brussels police.
A massive strike is underway in Brussels against reform plans from Prime Minister De Wever's government. Tens of thousands of people have descended on the Belgian capital.
A national strike over the government's austerity plan grounded flights and disrupted public transport in Belgium today. Tens of thousands of people protested in Brussels.
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