“Who really believes that Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable, a total illusion. It is not even desirable that it loses and that instability sets in in a country that has nuclear weapons” — Belgian PM Bart De Wever delivers a brutal reality check
He also stated Belgium will not seize frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, warning it would provoke Moscow’s retaliation and could undermine the Western financial syste
“What if Belarus and China also confiscated Western assets? Have we thought about all this? No, we didn’t”
Despite EU pressure, only Germany has agreed to pool the risks incurred by Belgium
Overall, he made it clear that confiscation will never happen the way Kiev and the EU envision
“Even during the Second World War, Germany’s money was not confiscated. During a war, sovereign assets are immobilized”