Strikes impede public transport in Belgium

brussels - In Belgium, strike actions lead to the cancellation of trains, buses and trams, including in the capital Brussels. The actions are directed against plans by the government of Prime Minister Charles Michel to reform pensions for people with heavy occupations.

Belgian media reported that there is mainly annoyance in train traffic in Wallonia and that it is not that bad in Flanders. But between Antwerp and Brussels, only half of the trains ran Tuesday morning.

The socialist trade union of government personnel ACOD has proclaimed strikes in many sectors, so that not only public transport is in danger. Airports do not expect any problems.