Greta Thunberg detained at fossil fuel subsidy protest in Brussels
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was among scores detained on Saturday after staging a sit-in protest demanding an end to EU subsidies for fossil fuels.
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00:00Greta Thunberg and dozens of other activists were arrested after blocking a key road in
00:07Brussels during a climate protest.
00:11The Swedish activists and demonstrators from Extinction Rebellion, as well as United for
00:16Climate Justice, are urging the EU to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.
00:21European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged her incoming team to begin phasing
00:38out oil and gas subsidies, but a report showed the EU still spends more than 100 billion
00:43euros a year subsidizing the industry.
00:49Activists are calling on the Commission to do what they say it promised, starting with
00:52setting a timeline and mythology for the phase out.
01:00Climate activists gathered after penning an open letter to the European Union last week.
01:05They want to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2025, with further demonstrations planned
01:10for later this month.
01:12David O'Sullivan, Brussels, Euronews.