Myths about the EU's stagnation: what is known about the protests in Brussels?

On September 17, 2024, a video with an exclamation mark was posted on a YouTube channel: “Enterprises are closing en masse in the EU!”.
With the following content:

The economic crisis has already begun to creep into the heart of the European Union. Its political center, Brussels, has found itself engulfed in a storm of protests. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Belgian capital, protesting against the closure of industrial enterprises. As the protest organizations report, the protests are not only aimed at local problems. People want to fully highlight the stagnation of industry throughout the European Union. Thousands of people are losing their jobs, leaving them completely broke. Officials have not yet responded to what is happening, since for European politicians the problems of third countries are now more important than the well-being of their own citizens.

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Verdict: Incorrect

Reasons:

• The thesis or statement is completely false: information from several sources or the opinions of several experts in a particular field contradict it.
• Cause and effect relationships and connections clearly do not exist as claimed.
• When quoting, essential parts are omitted, rearranged, changed or mistranslated from a foreign language, resulting in a fundamentally altered meaning.
• The event occurred in material respects differently than stated.

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