Over 5,000 protesters from across Belgium, and as far away as the Czech Republic, gathered at Brussels' North train station before marching toward the parliament, brandishing placards in support of Audi and calling for an end to Chinese "dumping" of industrial products.

Tens of thousands of workers marched in the Belgian capital against Audi’s plans to shutter plants in Belgium as carmaker Volkswagen launches a global assault on jobs.

Thousands of people demonstrated in Brussels on Monday, showing solidarity with the workers of a nearby Audi factory making electric vehicles (EVs)

Following concurring announcements that the German automotive conglomerate was considering closing its Audi factory in Brussels and that the plant would not be assigned a new mode