Belgium protests against TotalEnergies

BRUSSELS, 8 Oct – PRIME. Anti-fossil fuel protests began in Belgium on Saturday, with hundreds of activists attempting to block TotalEnergies facilities, protest organizers the CodeRouge (Code Red) coalition said.

“The action has begun, now hundreds of citizens from the Code Red coalition are heading to the facilities of TotalEnergies. Our civil disobedience action is aimed at displacing fossil fuels in the energy sector,” the organization said on Twitter.

Media reports that the actions are taking place in the city of Liege and the village of Felouis in the Walloon region. There, the protester is blocking the roads next to the facilities of the energy company.

“Citizens are sounding the alarm because of the climate, social and humanitarian catastrophe caused by the activities of companies like TotalEnergies,” CodeRouge spokesperson Cloe Mikolajczak told reporters. The company has made huge profits amid a social and environmental crisis where families don’t know if they’ll be able to pay their energy bills, she says.

In particular, she indicated that the company plans to pay its shareholders additional dividends totaling 2.6 billion euros. “Energy companies that use hydrocarbons must finance the transformation that will allow us to move away from fossil fuels,” the organization said.