Questo è il prima pagina di The Guardian (Europa) in questo momento. Versione breve: la Russia è impegnata in un’attiva campagna intimidatoria contro i principali attori belgi nella storia della confisca dei beni.
La cosa spaventosa di questa storia non è tanto l’intimidazione russa in sé, quanto il fatto che membri di spicco del nostro governo sostengono apertamente che questa campagna di intimidazione dovrebbe informare la politica belga. Alcune citazioni recenti:
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Bart: Mosca ci ha informato che in caso di sequestro dei suoi beni, il Belgio e io lo sentiremo passare per l’eternità
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Bouchez: E il terzo rischio da non trascurare è ovviamente il rischio per la sicurezza. Sapete, quando i droni hanno sorvolato il Belgio, non era per distrazione, era un modo per fare pressione sul Belgio.
Questo è davvero brutto. Indipendentemente da ciò che pensi della confisca dei beni, questo tipo di argomento supera una profonda linea rossa. Ciò espone la nostra democrazia a un ricatto infinito e illimitato ogni volta che consideriamo qualcosa che non piace a uno stato mafioso straniero: sappiamo che è così che opera la Russia ed è compito dei nostri politici garantire che ciò non accada a noi.
Bart, Georges-Louis, per l’amor del cielo, fate crescere una coppia tra di voi e smettetela di trasmettere al mondo che la democrazia belga può essere intimidita fino all’obbedienza.
Our politicians should not be using Russian intimidation as a policy argument, ever.
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di Mr_Two_Shoes
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I hope you know this already happened before only then it was called rexism and opposition only kicked in once the country was occupied.
Narcos set up shop in Antwerp, now they own Antwerp and move to Brussels too. Thank god Bart was there ? was he ?
Our politicians are afraid of coke dealers. They must be pissing their pants when it comes to Putin.
I understand where you are coming from but BDW already explained in full detail why he’s against the European Commission’s idea and it wasn’t because of the intimidation. See the video below.
https://youtu.be/0_tagkPH4XE?si=TDRmon9w2wfZcoF8
He only mentioned the Russian intimidation later on to create more sense of urgency / geopolitical pressure for the media and trying to unify everyone within Belgium. Or at least, almost everyone with common sense.
Every political party in Belgium is on the same side because it’s an economic suicide, and nobody wants to help us. The ECB has made it very clear how stupid this idea would be. And that has little to do with Russia but with our judicial system that simply doesn’t allow a government to randomly take someone’s money without repercussions.
It’s indeed not in the general interest to be fear-mongering so openly and playing into Russia’s hands. My guess is that BDW is making a politically calculated move – for our country’s interests and also his own interests.
That said, Russian risk is not non-existent and the extent of that risk should be discussed behind closed doors.
This unfortunately lines up with De Wever’s recent surprising remarks on Ukraine:
>« Qui croit vraiment que la Russie va perdre en Ukraine ? C’est une fable, une illusion totale. Ce n’est même pas souhaitable qu’elle perde et que l’instabilité s’installe dans un pays qui a des armes nucléaires », [a déclaré Bart De Wever lundi](https://www.rtl.be/actu/belgique/politique/qui-croit-vraiment-que-la-russie-va-perdre-en-ukraine-les-propos-controverses-de/2025-12-05/article/772594).
In practical terms, this further weakens De Wever’s position on the debate of the frozen funds. As always, I support his principal argument that the other member states cannot just leave the legal risks to Belgium alone, but his recent pro-Russian stance (for lack of a better word) on the end of the war *and* this new revelation that implies he faces direct pressure from the Kremlin, it becomes more and more difficult to support his position on the principle alone.
>Bart, Georges-Louis, for fuck’s sake grow a pair between you, and stop broadcasting to the world that Belgian democracy can be intimidated into compliance.
Yes, even if Belgium remains as stubborn as possible on the Russian funds, this is absolutely essential. I sincerely hope that our government takes a stronger stance against Russia in the future.