Firefighters from 19 countries protested EU disaster budget cuts in Brussels, BBC reports.
The demonstration followed a recent decision by the European Commission to reduce emergency response funding, according to Euobserver.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo resigned after failed budget negotiations, per Los Angeles Times.
Brussels Airlines reported strong fourth-quarter performance despite ongoing political tensions, Voyages d'Afaires notes.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E10, institutions; the pressure it names: budget cuts. Its words also reach E12 states and E11 organizations.
Here it is a dynamic between institutions, states and organizations: disaster budget cuts and budget negotiations (E10 institutions), with firefighters, European Commission, Belgian Prime Minister and political tensions (E12 states), and Brussels Airlines (E11 organizations).
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: disaster budget cuts, budget negotiations.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: firefighters, European Commission, Belgian Prime Minister, political tensions.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: Brussels Airlines.