2019-02-20 20:06 item has been added to a correction
The flemish teenagers Anuna De Wever and Kyra Gantois was inspired by Greta Thunberg when they are at the end of last year, urged the school students to every Thursday to strike for the climate. Already at the first manifestation attended by 3.000 students.
since Then, the movement, ”Youth for climate”, spread to Wallonia, grown and gained increasing influence on policy makers.
shall, among others, De Wever, Gantois, and Thunberg appear in the european Parliament. Greta Thunberg also hold a speech at the European economic and social committee (EESC) conference on the role of civil society for the EUROPEAN elections in may. After her on the list, the EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
In the afternoon to Greta Thunberg demonstrate with thousands of other students in the centre of Brussels and speeches.
After Brussels, Greta Thunberg on to Paris to participate in the manifestations by French students.
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Correction: It is not the EU parliament, the European economic and social committee (EESC), which is arranging the conference with Greta Thunberg to speak.