EU Leaders Defer Decision on Russian Assets as Belgium Balks

franceinfo.fr

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The "coalition of volunteers" meets in Brussels on Friday to discuss new deliveries of long-range weapons, a measure that would be financed by frozen Russian assets, but some EU countries express reservations, including Belgium, which fears reprisals from Moscow.

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His opposition to the frozen Russian assets immediately earned Bart De Wever (N-VA) the title of European "bad boy." "But he can...

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Bart de Wever, the new Belgian Prime Minister, who has only been at the helm of the Belgian government since February, has disrupted EU plans to seize frozen Russian assets.

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A full 86 percent of all frozen Russian money in the EU is in Belgium. The country refuses to take the full brunt if it is given to Ukraine – and Russia is fighting back. It is unfair, says Prime Minister Bart De Wever.

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After long negotiations on the "use" of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, the EU's political leaders only agreed on a minimal compromise.

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The EU needs more creative twists to convince Belgium. There is time until December, writes EU correspondent Hannele Muilu.