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| Belgium paralysed by 24-hour strike over pension reform |
| 2011-12-23 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna Angry public sector workers protesting pension reforms shut down Belgium's schools, post offices and almost its entire transport grid Thursday in the latest anti-austerity protest to grip Europe. Called the day parliament debated the controversial reform, the 24-hour stoppage was the first political test faced by the fledging centre-left government in just barely two weeks in office. |
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