周五，防暴警察使用水炮驱散在布鲁塞尔抗议的民众。这些民众反对政府削减教育和劳工权益相关的预算。
Riot police used water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating in Brussels against government budget cuts affecting education and workers' rights on Friday.
受到邻国法国学生抗议活动的启发，比利时的学生们也加入工会成员的行列，共同参与全国性的反对预算削减的罢工行动。
Belgian students, inspired in part by the unrest of their peers in neighbouring France, joined trade union protesters during a nationwide strike against the planned cuts.
此次抗议主要针对比利时的法语教育体系，抗议者指出教育成本不断上升、教室拥挤不堪以及获取学习资料存在困难等问题。
The protests are over Belgium's French-language education system, citing rising education costs, overcrowded classrooms and difficulties accessing study materials