Police clash with protesters in Brussels

Police clashed in Brussels with protesters who gathered to express their dissatisfaction with the Friday EU Summit, said reports.

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Friday, 25.03.2011.

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Police clashed in Brussels with protesters who gathered to express their dissatisfaction with the Friday EU Summit, said reports. The summit should adopt further austerity measures for EU countries. Police clash with protesters in Brussels Police used water cannons and pepper spray to keep the demonstrators away from the part of the Belgian capital that houses EU institutions, as traffic collapsed in that part of the city, the AP news agency reported. According to police estimations, some 20,000 people marched against an economic reform package, while unions said that the reforms are an unprecedented attack on Europe's welfare state. The protesters armed with clubs and stones confronted with police cordons, but could not break through. Some dozen police officers were injured in the clashes. Scenes from Brussels (Beta/AP)

Police clash with protesters in Brussels

Police used water cannons and pepper spray to keep the demonstrators away from the part of the Belgian capital that houses EU institutions, as traffic collapsed in that part of the city, the AP news agency reported.

According to police estimations, some 20,000 people marched against an economic reform package, while unions said that the reforms are an unprecedented attack on Europe's welfare state.

The protesters armed with clubs and stones confronted with police cordons, but could not break through. Some dozen police officers were injured in the clashes.

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