{"id":81068,"date":"2026-05-12T23:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/81068\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:16:18","slug":"tens-of-thousands-march-in-brussels-against-pension-and-wage-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/81068\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands march in Brussels against pension and wage reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melike Pala<\/p>\n<p>12 May 2026\u2022Update: 12 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Brussels on Tuesday in a national demonstration against federal government reforms.<\/p>\n<p>According to Brussels-Ixelles police, around 40,000 protesters joined the march, while trade unions said the number reached approximately 75,000, broadcaster RTBF reported.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration began at around 11:00 am (0900 GMT) local time near Gare du Nord station.<\/p>\n<p>Participants marched several kilometers through the capital to Gare du Midi.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters voiced opposition to government measures affecting pensions, automatic wage indexation, and rising energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>Trade unions accused the federal government of dismantling key elements of the social model.<\/p>\n<p>Public transport services across Belgium were heavily disrupted due to the strike, with reduced operations reported on STIB, De Lijn, and TEC networks.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels and Charleroi airports also experienced limited capacity during the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melike Pala 12 May 2026\u2022Update: 12 May 2026 Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,31849],"class_list":{"0":"post-81068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brussels","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-brussels","10":"tag-sitekeywords"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116564157308589697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}