National protest brings workers, students and refugee advocates together against budget cuts

A congress convened parliamentarians, legal experts and movement supporters in Brussels while the Global Sumud Flotilla sailed toward Gaza. The event promoted coordinated action on arms transfers,...

The FGTB, CSC and CGSLB called a national demonstration in Brussels amid energy-price increases and renewed pressure on automatic wage indexation. The unions argued that pension reforms risked further...

The FGTB and CSC, joined by social, cultural and community organisations, demonstrated against Walloon and French-speaking Community policies that shifted budget cuts onto workers and people receiving...

Rise for Climate, Mars Attacks and Agora des Habitants de la Terre convened a rally for social and environmental rights. Around 100 activists and civil-society participants called for action on linked...

Thousands of higher-education students marched from Brussels Central Station to the Wallonia-Brussels Federation government, opposing higher fees and tighter academic progression rules. Student groups...

The Climate Coalition reported more than 60,000 participants in a Brussels march from North Station to Schuman. Its demands included a funded plan to phase out fossil fuels, end subsidies, support...

Public-service union ACOD/CGSP called a national strike against austerity, attacks on wage indexation, pension changes, staff pressure and underfunding. ACV/CSC did not call its members to strike;...

ACOD/CGSP and ACV/CSC unveiled a symbolic statue outside the Iris Tower in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode to challenge a hiring freeze, the loss of two leave days and pressure on Brussels public servants....

Student and youth mobilisations took place in Liège and Brussels amid opposition to education reforms, rising study costs and budget cuts. In Liège, about 250 people, mostly young demonstrators,...

Several hundred people gathered at Albertine Square after calls from multiple organisations, then marched through Saint-Gilles. Protesters opposed education reforms, cuts to public services and the...