Interior minister blames Antifa for riots at student protests
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Student protests in Liege have intensified, leading to 87 arrests as the mayor defends gathering bans. Bernard Quintin, the Minister of the Interior, has attributed vandalism during the school protests to the Antifa movement, deploying extra police and enforcing bans on gatherings. Schools in Liege are reportedly highly mobilized within this protest, which has evolved into a significant…
In federal politics, a key government meeting concluded without an agreement, with Georges-Louis Bouchez, President of the Reformist Movement (MR), requesting unions to delay planned syndical mobilizations scheduled for Friday and Monday. Separately, the fiscal advantages of management companies are under scrutiny, with reports indicating a potential 4.2 billion euro cost to the state, primarily benefiting high earners. [cite: De Morgen "Management Companies: Everything You Need to Know", RTBF "Belgium: 4.2 Billion Euro Cost for…
Other domestic developments include the Flemish government allocating 27.7 million euros to resolve a historical financial distress at the Opera for Flanders. The country is also seeing a rise in crack addiction, now the third most common addiction, particularly straining services in Brussels.