Anti-Austerity Protesters throw chips and mayo at Belgian prime minister

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The Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, has been bombarded with french fries and squirted with mayonnaise by anti-austerity activists.

The 39-year-old leader, who took office in October, leads a coalition that intends to raise the retirement age in Belgium to 67, scrap plans for a usually automatic cost-of-living raise next year and cut public-sector spending.

The plans sparked several rounds of strikes and demonstrations in the past weeks, including a march of more than 100,000 people in Brussels, which ended in violent protests that left dozens of police officers injured.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/22/anti-austerity-protesters-throw-chips-mayonnaise-belgian-prime-minister