De Wever Firmly Rejects German Chancellor’s Idea of Using Russia’s Frozen Assets to Fund a Loan for Ukraine

EU reparation loan for Ukraine ‘will never happen’, says Belgium

“Taking Putin’s money and leaving the risks with [Belgium]. That’s not going to happen,” Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said in New York. Most of the assets are held in Euroclear, a Brussels-based clearing house – making Belgium a key player in EU negotiations

Belgium rules out using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine loan

'Taking Putin's money and leaving the risks with us. That’s not going to happen,' Belgian premier says - Anadolu Ajansı

De Wever firmly rejects German Chancellor’s idea of using Russia’s frozen assets to fund a loan for Ukraine

The Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (Flemish nationalist has firmly rejected a proposal by German chancellor Friedrich Merz to use frozen Russian central-bank assets, a large portion of which are held at Euroclear in Brussels, to finance a multi-billion-euro interest-free loan for Ukraine. Speaking in the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York, Mr De Wever told journalists that “Taking Putin’s money and leaving the risks with us. Th…

Belgian PM: You Don’t Just Steal Billions From Russian Deposits

Belgium has slammed the brakes on a new German plan to use frozen Russian central bank assets to bankroll Ukraine – a veto that matters because Brussels holds the keys to the vault. Prime Minister Bart De Wever said on Thursday that the proposal by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to funnel €140 billion from frozen Russian reserves into an “interest-free loan” for Kiev “will never happen.