(11 Jun 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide top shot trade union protesters marching through the streets with a banner reading (French) "Reinforce our purchasing power and solidarity"
2. Wide protestors walking past
3. Mid protestor dressed up as a petrol pump, with the petrol nozzle as a gun, pointing to his head
4. Wide protestors dressed as petrol pumps running past the camera
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Louis, trade unionist/protestor:
"When no effort is being made to aid our purchasing power, it will be a catastrophe for the whole country. And I think the same is happening across all of Europe, when you see all that is happening at the moment, the demonstrations over fuel prices, the problems the truckers and fishermen are having - everyone can associate with this."
6. Wide top shop demonstration marching past
7. Mid protestors marching
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Cecile, trade unionist/protestor:
"We're a bit fed up with the rising cost of living when the fact is that our salaries are staying the same. At the end of the day what have we got? We have less and less to live off and the gap between the rich and the poor is growing. Unfortunately we are part of the poor, therefore it's imperative that we fight this."
9. Wide protestors carrying a large model Euro symbol
10. Close model Euro with a petrol can and an electrical plug
11. Mid two women watching the demonstration walking past
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Fernande, onlooker:
"They are absolutely right. The government needs to do more. Otherwise things will just become impossible."
13. Mid protestors blowing horns
14. Mid top shot of demonstration passing, protestors waving flags
15. Wide top shot demonstration passing
STORYLINE
Thousands of workers took to the streets of Namur, Belgium, on Wednesday to protest over the high cost of living.
Carrying banners, balloons and flags, the protestors blew whistles, chanted slogans and let off fire-crackers.
Brought together by various Belgian trade unions, the protestors dressed in union colours of red and green.
Some protestors wore fancy dress.
"We're a bit fed up with the rising cost of living when the fact is that our salaries are staying the same," Cecile, a protestor, said.
The demonstration was part of a week-long protest across Belgium, organised by the unions to highlight the imbalance many people are facing between lowering salaries and the rising cost of living.
Their complaint is directed mainly towards the federal Belgian government, calling on them to reform social standards.
Some locals were happy to see the protestors out on the streets.
"They are absolutely right. The government needs to do more. Otherwise things will just become impossible," Fernande, an onlooker told AP Television.
Having already demonstrated in their thousands earlier in the week in other Belgian cities such as Liege, Antwerp, Gent and Mons, the Namur protest comes a day before the unions will head to Brussels for their final protest.
"I think the same is happening across all of Europe, when you see all that is happening at the moment, the demonstrations over fuel prices, the problems the truckers and fishermen are having - everyone can associate with this," Louis, a protestor told AP Television.
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