22일(현지시간) 벨기에 브뤼셀 남부의 가레 두 미디 기차역이 텅 비어 있다. 벨기에 공공노조는 이날 복지지출 삭감 등 정부의 긴축정책에 대항하기 위해 총파업에 돌입했다. 총파업으로 벨기에 전역의 버스, 지하철 등 대중교통이 마비됐고 영국을 오가는 유로스타, 네덜란드 프랑스 독일을 운행하는 초고속 열차 탈리스의 운행이 중단됐다.[브뤼셀=AFP연합뉴스]

<YONHAP PHOTO-1649> A picture taken on December 22, 2011 of a train in a quite deserted Gare du Midi railway station in Brussels. Belgium's public sector workers went on strike Thursday to protest a pension reform plan as the latest anti-austerity movement to grip Europe shut down transport links across the kingdom. The strike halted rail traffic, including Thalys services to France, Germany and the Netherlands, and the Eurostar link to Britain. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET /2011-12-22 20:44:29/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2011 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>\r\n<YONHAP PHOTO-1649> A picture taken on December 22, 2011 of a train in a quite deserted Gare du Midi railway station in Brussels. Belgium's public sector workers went on strike Thursday to protest a pension reform plan as the latest anti-austerity movement to grip Europe shut down transport links across the kingdom. The strike halted rail traffic, including Thalys services to France, Germany and the Netherlands, and the Eurostar link to Britain. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET /2011-12-22 20:44:29/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2011 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>
A picture taken on December 22, 2011 of a train in a quite deserted Gare du Midi railway station in Brussels. Belgium's public sector workers went on strike Thursday to protest a pension reform plan as the latest anti-austerity movement to grip Europe shut down transport links across the kingdom. The strike halted rail traffic, including Thalys services to France, Germany and the Netherlands, and the Eurostar link to Britain. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET /2011-12-22 20:44:29/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2011 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>\r\n A picture taken on December 22, 2011 of a train in a quite deserted Gare du Midi railway station in Brussels. Belgium's public sector workers went on strike Thursday to protest a pension reform plan as the latest anti-austerity movement to grip Europe shut down transport links across the kingdom. The strike halted rail traffic, including Thalys services to France, Germany and the Netherlands, and the Eurostar link to Britain. AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET /2011-12-22 20:44:29/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2011 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>