Boris Johnson in Poland, Belgian teachers take to the streets

Boris Johnson on the front line of one of Europe’s worst crises. The British Prime Minister thus went to Poland, a few hours after the arrival of British soldiers who had come to reinforce the NATO troops. An emblematic gesture towards this country hard hit by the two world wars. “I think today, February 10, 2022, we stand on the edge of a precipice“, thus alarmed Boris Johnson. He then met Polish President Andrzej Duda, with the hope that diplomacy could prevail.

In Belgium, nearly 10,000 teachers took to the streets to protest against their working conditions. “We got moldy buildings, falling ceilings, windows that don’t open“, confesses one of them. “I am really very angry and disgusted with the teaching“explains another. The pandemic and the lack of replacements are elements that lead a third of teachers in the country to consider leaving the profession.

In Italy, soaring energy prices have led Italian municipalities to symbolically extinguish their monuments. Thus, at 8 p.m., the main monuments were plunged into darkness in order to protest against the rise in energy prices. In three months, the price of electricity has doubled and almost as much for gas.