Belgium rejects von der Leyen’s latest asset-theft pitch

Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has warned of “disastrous consequences” of the proposed ‘reparations’ loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian money

Belgium has rejected European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen’s latest plan to seize Russia’s immobilized central bank assets to arm Ukraine. The country’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has warned the move would have “potentially disastrous consequences” for his country.

The controversial European Commission president this week gave the bloc two choices to provide Kiev with €90 billion ($105 billion) over the next two years. One is EU-level borrowing backed by the bloc’s budget, another is the…

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