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Since
july until the end of december Belgium is president of the
European Union. Until the huge summit at the end of the
presidency in Laken near Brussels on 14 th and 15 th of
december, there will be a number of smaller and more
informal summits in various Belgian cities. To this summits
many actions are already being planned and there are more to
come.
The
first summits after Genoa will happen to be in Belgium.
Propaganda against EU and globalisation critics is already
being made for some time now. Brussels head of police Van
Reusel has already proudly boasted with in Belgium it being
possible to preventivly arrest activists. The city council
has yet discussed the buying of a new water-canon and the
installation of 16 new surveillance-cameras. Politicians are
widely agreed about repressive measures. A strike of pupils
and students is organised on October 19th in Gent. We will
publish calls for actions and regular updates on our website
and by way of our mailinglist. Here is a collection of
actions already fixed:
September
6th : March in Brugge against the summit of the EU´s
foreign ministers. Meeting point: 7.30 pm, ´t Zand.
September 14th : March in Leuven against the summit of
EU´s traffic ministers.
September 21st: March in
Liégeagainst the
summit of EU´s economic and finance ministers.
October 19th: Anti-capitalistic march in Gent against the
informal EU summit. Meeting point: 10.00 am, ST.
Pietersstation. In the evening there will be a closing march
of the coalition. Meeting point: 7.00 pm, Zuid, at the
library (read call below).
December 14th: March in Brussels against the EU
summit.
Demonstration
call: A different Europe for a different world.
A
wide coalition of social and political organisations
including the peace movement and the north-south-movement is
going to march through the city of Gent on friday evening
october 19th. Peacefully and witty they will call up the
European heads of states to build up a "Europe for the
people".This march is
beginning at 7 pm, Zuid, at the library. The final meeting
begins at the friday market at 9pm.
From
1st of july up to 31st of december Belgium is president of
the European Union. The European prime ministers and heads
of states are meeting in Gent´s St. Pieters abbey on
october 19th. What this ladies and gentlemen are going to
talk about is not known yet. But our message is: "We are not
interested in an Europe with even more money and
power".
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