Story · 10 October 2026

POLITICS UNIONS NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION

This story page gathers editorial photographs of a national demonstration organised by the trade unions against the Federal Government's budgetary measures, held under the slogan 'Keep your hands out of our pockets!' (Blijf uit onze zakken! - Pas dans nos poches). The pictures show marchers on the streets, protestors and riot police facing one another, clashes, a window being smashed, demonstrators washing tear gas from each other's eyes, police setting up a roadblock at the headquarters of the conservative Flemish nationalist party N-VA, and property damage photographed afterwards. The set also takes in related protest coverage, including a rally and march in New York and a 1979 demonstration in Arolsen, Germany. The images are available to license on Fast Media.

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