The national strike in Belgium severely disturbs public transport and other services

In Belgium, the workers of the public and private sectors were disappeared for work for 24 hours, in a national strike that severely disturbed public services and transport and air traffic fully paralyzed.

The Christian and Socialist unions have organized the strike in protest against the budget courts announced by the country’s coalition government, nicknamed “Arizona” because the colors of the collapse party coincide with those of the state flag of Arizona, led by the nationalist Flamengo Bart de Wever.

The proposed changes would affect pensions, unemployment subsidies, public services and the labor market.

Public transport throughout Belgium suffered serious disturbances.

In Flanders, less than half of the planned and electrical buses are working. The National Railway Service provides a minimum service, as required by law, with less than half of the trains to circulate.

Several schools are closed and some public services are stopped, including postal and garbage collection services. The ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge are partially interrupted.

However, alterations in the health sector and groceries remain minimal.

Private workers also declared themselves on strike, affecting several large companies in industry and transport.

The impact of the strike also feels internationally, since the Brussels airport canceled the 244 flights and warned that the entry traffic could also be affected.

The second largest airport in Belgium, Charleroi, canceled all entrance and exit flights.

The flag plane of Brussels Airlines also canceled all initial flights and almost all arrivals, especially affecting flights from Germany, Italy and Spain.

Passengers were expected to be affected were notified last week, and they were given the possibility of reserving their flight or requesting a refund.

In February, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Brussels to express their discontent with the government “Arizona” and the proposed policies.

The demonstration coincided with another national strike, which also disturbed public transport and Belgian airspace.

“Today, it is true that the movement is very popular because people are full. Nobody wants to work up to 67 to earn less money,” said Stefano Scibetta, main delegate of the General Federation of Work of Belgium (FGTB).

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“We are in an industry that gives a lot of money. We have earned one billion sales this year, and nothing else. Onos one billion and our salaries will freeze,” he added.

Many Belgians feel disappointed with the government and strikes are increasingly frequent throughout the country.

However, there are those who express the concern that these attacks are having a greater impact on common citizens and not on the government itself.