Clashes as tens of thousands of protesters take to Brussels streets

Record ID: 102222

  • Title: Clashes as tens of thousands of protesters take to Brussels streets
  • Date: 24th May 2016
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MAY 24, 2016) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS MARCHING, SOME HOLDING FLAGS PROTESTER HOLDING RED FLAG AS ANOTHER PROTESTER CHANTS PROTESTER IN HOODED JACKET THROWING OBJECT RIOT POLICE FORMING BARRICADE MASKED PROTESTERS THROWING OBJECTS MASKED PROTESTER THROWING FENCE PROTESTER MAKING HAND GESTURES VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS THROWING OBJECTS VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE WITH SHIELDS FORMING BARRICADE RIOT POLICE MOVING TOWARDS PROTESTERS / PROTESTERS RUNNING AWAY PROTESTERS RUNNING AWAY PROTESTER BEING TACKLED TO THE GROUND WHILE ANOTHER PROTESTER IS LED AWAY VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SITTING ON GROUND WITH HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACKS PERSON STANDING IN FRONT OF SMOKE AND TAKING PICTURES WITH MOBILE PHONE PROTESTERS SITTING ON GROUND WITH HANDS TIED PROTESTER WITH HEAD WOUND VARIOUS OF POLICE WALKING WITH SHIELDS AS WATER CANNON DISPERSES CROWD POLICE VEHICLES
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2016 14:06
  • Keywords: Brussels protest clashes trade union demonstration
  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • City: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014J63UPZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Clashes erupted on the streets of Brussels on Tuesday (May 24) during a protest against government reform proposals on wages, working hours and raising the retirement age to 67.
    Police said 60,000 demonstrators from trade unions took part in the demonstration against proposed measures from Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel's government, which include scrapping the maximum 38-hour working week and raising it to 45 hours a week.
    Water cannons were used to disperse protesters, who threw rocks, wood, firecrackers and barricades at riot police. Some protesters set fire to banners, and others were injured in the clashes.
    Tuesday's demonstration was the first in a series of actions planned for the coming months to mark two years since Michel's government took power. Strikes are due to be held on June 24 and October 7.
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