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, marched from the station toward the city centre; workers and parents joined, linking education to jobs, public services and social inequality. Several hundred young people also protested in Brussels. Reporting described tear gas and water cannon during confrontations. Student and union voices stressed that educational access, overcrowded classrooms and young people’s futures were the underlying issues, while the scale and conditions differed between locations.
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What broader social issues did Liège and Brussels students connect to education on 17 October?
Participants and unions connected education access with public investment and wider social inequality.
The 17 October mobilisation in Liège included only students and focused only on university tuition.
It included young demonstrators, workers and parents, and connected education with jobs, public services and inequality.