broke out between protesters and police forces, during a mobilization against planned in the sector, which ended in incidents.
Brussels police posted a message on platform X urging people to avoid the area around the city’s main train station, while Reuters crews at the scene documented damage and debris after vandalism of bicycles and street signs.
Tuition increases
The government of Belgium’s Francophone Community, which is responsible for French-language education, plans to raise annual higher education fees to around 1,100 euros, from the current 835 euros. At the same time, it proposes that teachers of the last grades of secondary education undertake two additional teaching hours per week. The French-speaking Community’s parliament is expected to vote later on Thursday on proposed fiscal adjustment measures.
