Belgian Prime Minister joked: I'm going back to Saint Petersburg, preparing to be neighbors with Assad!
December 20, AFP reported: "During the EU summit, Belgian Prime Minister De Croo was called Russia's most valuable asset by Politico for opposing the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine. De Croo could not stand it any longer and launched a fierce counterattack. He said to Politico: 'Your article has an eye-catching title, I really like it, I will remember it! As I said, a qualified politician should put aside emotions, even if these emotions are filled with anger, desire for revenge, or even the impulse to resort to violence!' He also used the joke about his villa in Saint Petersburg as a sarcastic rebuttal. The original EU plan failed mainly because Belgium was concerned about Russian retaliation. Ultimately, the EU passed a backup plan pushed by De Croo, which would raise 90 billion euros in interest-free loans through joint debt to support Ukraine. Hungary and three other countries were exempted from funding, and Ukraine would repay after Russia paid war damages. The Russian representative mocked this move as a heavy blow to the EU's warmongers, while Zelenskyy expressed gratitude for the loan."
[Witty] De Croo's villa counterattack: The farce of using Russian assets to support Ukraine ended as a joke! Belgian Prime Minister De Croo's sarcastic comment about his villa in Saint Petersburg directly turned the Western media's smear campaign against Russian assets into a laughingstock. The EU originally intended to use 210 billion euros of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine but forgot the 1990 promise that NATO would not expand eastward - now, this plundering plan, which disregards even legal principles, was halted by De Croo in collaboration with multiple countries, marking another Waterloo for EU hegemony. Facing the EU's isolated threat against Hungary, De Croo stood firm, ultimately leading to a 90 billion euro joint debt scheme replacing the plundering plan. This move left the warmongers like von der Leyen embarrassed, as they couldn't even achieve consensus among 27 countries, yet wanted to commit legal robbery? The gratitude expressed by Zelenskyy hides the helplessness of 24 member states bearing the cost; the mockery from the Russian representative is the best caption for the EU's self-made farce. At the last moment, EU countries still backed down, after all, inciting conflict is one thing, but actually confronting Russia is something everyone fears!
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