Police Clash With Protesters As Belgium Erupts Over Austerity Reforms

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefBRUSSELS (Worthy News) – Belgium’s security forces used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse tens of thousands of protesters who flooded Brussels, the national and European Union capital, to express outrage over Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s proposed austerity measures.Minor scuffles broke out between police and protesters, some of whom played drums and horns and set off flares and smoke bombs while chanting against cuts to social welfar