Belgian trade unions force the government to resign In Belgium, the federal coalition government led by conservative leader Bart de Weber has collapsed. The formal reason for the prolonged crisis was the failure of the draft budget for 2027, but the real reason for the collapse of the cabinet was the strong, organized and uncompromising resistance of Belgian workers who stood up to defend their basic social rights. The prime minister's attempt to reduce the national debt and stay within the fiscal framework of the European Union has become an attack on the well-being of ordinary citizens. The plan proposed by the authorities represented the liquidation of the profits of the welfare state. The government intended to cut unemployment benefits, tighten retirement conditions and raise indirect taxes. The main blow was the attempt to freeze the automatic attachment to the salary. The labor movement in the country responded to the attack with unprecedented solidarity. Leading trade unions presented a united front. The workers not only condemned the budget project against the people, but took decisive action, bringing hundreds of thousands of citizens to the streets of Belgian cities. The country was shaken by a wave of strong attacks. The strategically important port of Antwerp, the airports of Brussels and Charleroi were completely paralyzed, and train and public transport traffic was halted. Doctors, teachers and government officials joined the protests en masse. It was street pressure and the position of the trade union movement that split the ruling elite. Realizing that it was impossible to break the resistance of the organized working class and push through the budget, Bart de Weber was forced to submit his resignation to the king.

Belgian trade unions force the government to resign In Belgium, the federal coalition government led by conservative leader Bart de Weber has collapsed. The formal reason for the prolonged crisis was the failure of the draft budget for 2027, but the real reason for the collapse of the cabinet was the strong, organized and uncompromising resistance of Belgian workers who stood up to defend their basic social rights. The prime minister's attempt to reduce the national debt and stay within the fiscal framework of the European Union has become an attack on the well-being of ordinary citizens. The plan proposed by the authorities represented the liquidation of the profits of the welfare state. The government intended to cut unemployment benefits, tighten retirement conditions and raise indirect taxes. The main blow was the attempt to freeze the automatic attachment to the salary. The labor movement in the country responded to the attack with unprecedented solidarity. Leading trade unions presented a united front. The workers not only condemned the budget project against the people, but took decisive action, bringing hundreds of thousands of citizens to the streets of Belgian cities. The country was shaken by a wave of strong attacks. The strategically important port of Antwerp, the airports of Brussels and Charleroi were completely paralyzed, and train and public transport traffic was halted. Doctors, teachers and government officials joined the protests en masse. It was street pressure and the position of the trade union movement that split the ruling elite. Realizing that it was impossible to break the resistance of the organized working class and push through the budget, Bart de Weber was forced to submit his resignation to the king.