Dozens of protesters clung to the lists of famous paintings in museums across Europe in recent weeks. Others daubed them with soup. They want to draw attention to the climate. As far as is known, no work was damaged.
For Prime Minister Alexander De Croo it is nevertheless about “vandalism”. And that “is not a solution for anything”, he said on Sunday on the French-language debate program ‘C’est pas tous les jours dimanche’.
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People are afraid and concerned about their future.
The Belgian princess Esmeralda does support the climate protests, she indicated in the same program. King Philippe’s aunt thinks it is “normal” to resort to civil disobedience to draw attention to the climate. “People are scared, they’re worried about their future,” she said.
The princess is known for her climate activism. The youngest daughter of King Leopold III was even briefly arrested in her hometown of London in 2019 after she participated in an action by climate movement Extinction Rebellion.
Princess Esmeralda will also attend the UN climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh in the coming days, as will Prime Minister De Croo. The Belgian delegation has more than a hundred participants, including five ministers.
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