Today was a day of action, as we brought the demands of our open letter directly in the streets of Brussels.

At 2pm in Brussels, around 400 demonstrators from all over Europe and the Global South under United for Climate Justice held a climate march that began in Place du Luxembourg, in front of the European Parliament, and ended in Merode, where the demonstrators held a People's Assembly on Climate Justice. 

Meanwhile, at 2.30pm, 135 activists, including Greta Thunberg, blocked Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, by Rogier metro station, in the city centre. 115 people were arrested; in several instances, police used more force than warranted.

Read more on https://stopfossilsubsidies.eu/brussels-sees-blockade-climate-march-and-peoples-assembly-to-demand-an-end-to-fossil-fuel-subsidies/ 

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