European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to meet with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Friday in an effort to unblock talks on using frozen Russian assets to finance a major loan for Ukraine.

Source: Politico, a Brussels-based politics and policy news organisation, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Von der Leyen is expected to try to convince De Wever to drop Belgium's resistance to the European Commission's proposal to finance a €140 billion loan.

Background:

• The upcoming meeting between von der Leyen and De Wever follows preparatory talks between senior Commission officials and the Belgian government last Friday, which produced no breakthrough.
• The Commission has proposed allowing EU governments to use most of Russia's sovereign assets frozen in Europe to support Ukraine without fully confiscating them.
• However, the plan has stalled due to Belgium's concerns: the majority of these Russian assets are held on Belgian territory.
• The EU stated that the issue of using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine remains on the agenda, and a final decision will be made in December 2025.

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