Climate march participants gather at Brussels North Station: “Climate crisis has rolled into our living rooms mercilessly”
Exactly how many people expected on the march, calculations can be performed. Before the start, a number of 30,000 circulated. “If we achieve that, I would be very satisfied,” says Anuna De Wever of Youth for Climate.
In addition to the 80 organizations that part of the Climate Coalition (from the Youth Chiro over the Gezinsbond to trade unions), also agricultural organizations and schools to participate in the march. Just like in 2018, BOS+ will plant one square meter of forest for each participant.
Also PS chairman Paul Magnette will participate. There are also politicians who are really concerned with the climate, and moving forward to the division between citizens and politics, between “us and them” there are also citizens who are not concerned with the climate at all.”
Participants can go there by bus, tram or metro of the STIB. The net of the The Brussels public transport company is accessible free of charge between 12 noon and 7 p.m.. Several tram and bus lines will be hindered by the demonstration. Train company NMBS is deploying four extra trains: one from Antwerp to Brussels, two from Brussels to Antwerp and another from Brussels to Binche.