Greta Thunberg detained at fossil fuel subsidy protest in Brussels

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among scores detained on Saturday after staging a sit-in protest demanding an end to EU subsidies for fossil fuels.

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00:00Greta Thunberg and other activists were arrested after blocking a key road in Brussels during

00:07a climate protest.

00:11The Swedish activists and demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion as well as United for

00:16Climate Justice are urging the EU to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.

00:21European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged her incoming team to begin

00:38phasing out oil and gas subsidies, but a report showed the EU still spends more than 100 billion

00:43euros a year subsidizing the industry.

00:49Activists are calling on the Commission to do what they say it promised, starting with

00:52setting a timeline and mythology for the phase out.

01:00Climate activists gathered after penning an open letter to the European Union last week.

01:05They want to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, with further demonstrations planned

01:10for later this month.

01:12David O'Sullivan, Brussels, Euronews.

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