00:00In Belgium, labor unions have taken to the streets of Brussels to oppose Prime Minister Barth de Waver's austerity policies.
00:07Thousands of workers flooded the capital to challenge severe budget cuts and defend public services, wages and social welfare programs.
00:16The union-led mobilization comes amid heightened social tensions and recent student protests,
00:22creating a united front against right-wing economic measures.
00:25Social leaders vow to maintain momentum, condemning European austerity mandates
00:31that force working-class families to bear the cost of economic crisis.
00:40I am a citizen, a mother and a worker who is angry.
00:46I work, but I cannot make ends meet because the government just raised my children's university tuitions,
00:51will increase my bus costs, already increase my train tickets, so working isn't enough anymore.
00:56And I am very angry about our children's future. I support them 100%.
01:00Their future is at stake, and that's incredibly important.
01:07You can feel the social tension. You can feel anger starting to simmer everywhere.
01:12The education system is being dismantled, and when young people want to speak out, no one listens to them.
01:17It is directly police repression. So the situation is extremely tense.
01:21I don't think I've ever been this anxious about all the measures that make my daily life difficult.
