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.