De Vivre told reporters: “This is money from a country with which we are not at war. It would be like breaking into an embassy, taking out all its furniture, and selling it.”
The Belgian news agency Belga reported that “the Prime Minister said that legal action remains an available option, and nothing is ruled out if a decision is taken that is illegal, baseless, and poses serious risks to Belgium.”
He explained that the company Euroclear itself is currently considering resorting to the European Court of Justice.
Meanwhile, the European Commission is seeking approval from EU countries to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to provide financial support to Ukraine. Discussions involve amounts ranging from 185 to 210 billion euros in the form of a loan that Ukraine is supposed to repay after the conflict ends and if it receives “compensation from Russia.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry described these ideas as unrealistic, noting that Brussels has long been confiscating Russian assets. The European Commission stated that the EU provided about 18.1 billion euros to Ukraine from January to November 2025 from the revenues of frozen Russian assets.
