More than 100,000 march in Brussels against the new government’s austerity programme

The European Trade Union Confederation organised a Brussels Euro-demonstration as part of a coordinated day of action across Europe. Participants opposed austerity policies and called for investment...

A student-initiated, politically neutral demonstration in Brussels demanded a government after months of coalition deadlock. Police estimated about 34,000 participants; organisers gave a higher...

Workers and organisations from Belgium’s non-profit sector demonstrated in Brussels over pressures on services and working conditions. A comparative protest study records roughly 13,800 participants...

A large Brussels demonstration challenged austerity and called for alternatives centred on employment and social protection. The protest took place amid European debt-crisis policy debates. A...

The 24-hour general strike protested pension reforms introduced with limited social dialogue by the Di Rupo government. Unions argued that reforms would hit younger, older and lower-income people...

The country’s two largest union confederations jointly organised a 24-hour general strike after a month of escalating actions. Workers opposed pension-age increases, wage freezes and cuts to public...

After a month-long informal camp near Belgium’s immigration office, the citizen support platform ended its operations in Maximilien Park on 1 October 2015. Refugees, volunteers, neighbourhood groups...

Thousands marched in Brussels against the proposed EU-US TTIP deal and the EU-Canada CETA agreement. The coalition linked trade rules to labour protections, public services, health, farming and...

The collective shifted tactics by publicly opening a newly occupied building with music, talks, a shared meal and cultural programming. Solidarity groups joined. Organisers described occupations as...

After a temporary stay in a vacant care home was due to end, roughly 80 members of La Voix des Sans-Papiers occupied the empty Hotel Astrid. The collective sought residence papers and a place to stay,...