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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever warned he would sink the plan to tap frozen Russian central bank assets unless other European Union countries agree to share the risk, setting the stage for fraught EU leaders’ talks on how to finance Ukraine. Speaking ahead of an EU summit in Brussels Thursday, De Wever said he wanted a “full mutualization of the risk” in case Moscow makes claims on the assets. Belgium wants guarantees that all member states will contribute if the money has to be repaid and that all countries holding frozen assets move in lockstep.
