This strike also affecting Eurostar trains today. Of course the EU Summit is being held today in Brussels. All the political bods are back from revelling in Davos..only to be met with hordes of Belgians striking over the cuts... Wonder what the bill was for Davos and would it appease the Belgians to know...!!!
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LATEST BRUSSELS AFP — Belgium was in chaos Monday, just hours before an EU summit, with transport and other public services halted by a national strike called by unions in protest at EU-ordered austerity measures.
It is the first such general strike in Belgium since 2005 and the first since 1993 launched jointly by the country's three main unions, which are angry over public spending cuts of more than 12 billion euros for 2012.
Belgian rail workers began their industrial action late Sunday, with the first trains stopping around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT).
High-speed international services on Eurostar and Thalys and inter-city Belgian trains were also all halted on Monday, and no buses, trams or metro trains were running.
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