“Belgian PM now says EU plan for Russian assets for Ukraine could derail peace dealBelgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever stated that the EU’s plan to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine could harm a peace agreement. Belgium has not seen the legal wording from the European Commission, which will present a proposal this week on the use of the assets.
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Hasty advancement of the proposed “reparations loan” scheme would, as collateral damage, lead to us, as the EU, effectively preventing a final peace agreement from being reached.
In the letter, De Wever also noted that Belgium had not seen “any proposed legal wording by the European Commission.”
AdditionEU leaders tried at last month’s summit to agree on a plan to use 140 billion euros ($162 billion) of frozen Russian sovereign assets in Europe as a loan for Ukraine, but failed to secure the support of Belgium, where a significant portion of the funds are held.
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