Belgian Students Rally over Education Costs in Protests Echoing France
Students cited rising education costs, overcrowded classrooms and scarce study materials as videos showed fires, shattered glass and police blocking roads.
- Hundreds of students have taken to the streets in Liège, Belgium, to protest education policies, with local media reporting 107 arrests in recent days linked to property damage and arson.
- The unrest follows June clashes in Brussels over education reforms, including a tuition increase for most students in the French-speaking Community from €835 to €1,194.
- Students cited rising education costs and overcrowded classrooms as primary grievances, holding signs reading "I chose education, not the hunger games!!" and "More budget for tear gas than for our pens."
- During Wednesday's protest, police were seen checking students for weapons, while social media footage from recent days showed shattered glass, fires, and authorities blocking roads.
- Liège Mayor Willy Demeyer urged students to express grievances peacefully and establish dialogue, while demonstrators noted their movement was reignited after observing similar protests in neighboring France earlier this year.
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(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yun-kyung = In Belgium as well, high school students have been staging protests for several days demanding improvements to the educational environment, and authorities are struggling to bring the situation under control...
Taking a cue from student protests in neighboring France, hundreds of students marched through the streets of Liège, Belgium. The students took to the streets to protest the general dissatisfaction with the shortcomings of the education system in the French-speaking part of the country. Their main demands included opposition to tuition increases, protesting over classroom capacity, and obstacles to access to educational materials. “Glasses and …
Hundreds of students, inspired in part by protests in the neighbouring country, France, went out to the streets of the city of Liège, in eastern Belgium, with the local press having reported 107 arrests in recent days, related to material damage and fire. Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full access, access the link of the subject and register.
The protesters shouted about the increase in university fees, the suffocatingly crowded classrooms and the difficulties in accessing educational materials. The post Student protests in Belgium, inspired by the mobilizations in France appeared first on in.gr.
The French student unrest has spread to Liège, Belgium, in recent days, with 107 people arrested in connection with the unrest, according to local media. However, local authorities have not yet confirmed the number of those arrested.
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