Travel chaos in Belgium as flights and trains cancelled due to nationwide strike

At one Brussels airport, all departures are cancelled after midday as "security can no longer be guaranteed"

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00:00Belgian unions protest against a possible pension reform for public sector workers on

00:05Monday.

00:06Railway traffic is severely disrupted with the mandatory minimum number of trains running.

00:12Prison guards, waste collectors and 24,000 teachers are also on strike.

00:16Forty percent of flights have been cancelled at Brussels airport.

00:20Five parties are negotiating for a new Belgian government and nothing has been decided yet.

00:24However, the strike is on for a possible pension plan reform that might be in the disadvantage

00:29of the workers.