Under pressure at home, Belgium’s leader treads a tight rope with EU partners over funds for Ukraine

Belgium was always at the heart of the European Union. Now it's at the center of tensions over a plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine.

As Europe eyes Russian assets to fund Ukraine, Belgium sees red flags over Moscow’s Euroclear bid

EU leaders have gathered in Brussels to secure funding for Ukraine’s defence over the next two years, but Belgium’s ...
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN

Belgium’s De Wever outmaneuvers EU, shelves reparations plan for Ukraine

The outlet reported this on Dec. 19 following the EU summit in Brussels, where leaders agreed to provide Ukraine with a €90 ...
Euractiv

Bart De Wever and the burden of history

Belgium’s Flemish nationalist prime minister is blocking a landmark Ukraine financing plan – and wrestling with his legacy ...

Belgian PM De Wever meets Zelenskyy in Brussels

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EU kicks off crunch summit on Russian asset plan for Ukraine

EU leaders kicked off a make-or-break summit Thursday on using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, with key player Belgium under pressure to drop its opposition.The 27-nation bloc is scrambling to ...
Courthouse News Service

Belgium moves to right as new PM De Wever sworn in

New Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, left, raises his hand to take an oath during a swearing in ceremony for the new government in front of Belgium's King Philippe at the Royal Palace in Brussels ...
Euronews

'Can we eat the chicken?' Belgian PM demands answers on Russian frozen assets

"I want the maximum of legal certainty. I want solidarity," Belgium Prime Minister Bart De Wever said about the proposal to use Russian frozen assets. Bart De Wever, the prime minister of Belgium, has ...
Politico Europe

De Wever: Ukraine funding failure would be EU disgrace, but still ‘no’ to using Russian assets

BRUSSELS — Europe would face the “ultimate geopolitical embarrassment” if leaders fail to strike a deal to finance Ukraine, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever told lawmakers in the country’s ...

Meet Maximus, the Belgium Prime Minister's famous cat who is going viral

In Belgium, a rescue cat named Maximus has shot to social media stardom as the bewhiskered sidekick and PR weapon of Prime ...
The Times of Israel

Belgium swerves to the right as Bart De Wever sworn in as prime minister

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Conservative Bart De Wever was sworn in Monday as Belgium’s new prime minister, after striking a hard-fought coalition deal that moves the country to the right. Struck late ...
Arutz Sheva

Belgian PM De Wever pledges sympathy and respect for the Jewish community

During a visit to Berlin, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever left a moving message in the guestbook of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust Memorial in Berlin). In his note, ...