Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has submitted his resignation after budget negotiations broke down. King Philippe has not yet accepted it.
World politicsBoth the left and the far right in Europe are keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the Swedish parliamentary election. Is Sweden following the EU trend with the far right in government - or going against the grain with a left turn?
World politicsAll the leaders at the NATO summit in Ankara received a revolver engraved with their names as a gift from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) will take his home - with a slight delay. Other leaders have other plans for their revolvers.
Swedish politicsBelgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever is being portrayed as the big winner of the EU summit – but at the same time bristles at how he is described.
WorldUkraine gets its billions – but not in the way the EU leadership had intended. After the fateful summit in Brussels, US President Donald Trump and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever emerge as the big winners.
ConflictsEU support for Ukraine has been approved, after a late-night tussle at the EU summit. But EU leaders failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets as the basis for the multi-billion-euro loan. Instead, the solution will be to take out joint EU loans.
ConflictsRussian intelligence is threatening politicians and financial executives in Belgium, sources have told The Guardian. The pressure is aimed at getting Belgium to put a stop to the EU's plans to use frozen Russian billions to support Ukraine.
WorldPressure is mounting on EU leaders to agree on future support for Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky himself appeared at the summit to stress the seriousness of the situation. Ukraine is fighting for its life, he says in Brussels.
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