“Against the tide and almost completely isolated, he defended our interests against the most powerful players in Europe,” said Valerie Van Peel, president of the N-VA.
“Good result for Ukraine and Belgium, good work from BDW,” said Frédéric De Gucht, president of the Flemish liberal Open VLD, an opposition party. “A solidarity Europe against a Russian aggressor.”
Several Belgian members of the European Parliament also backed the summit’s outcome.
“It’s good that we’re not going on thin ice with the frozen assets, but that we’re going back to the proven method of joint debt,” said Flemish Christian Democrat Wouter Beke.
“Belgium has succeeded in making its voice heard,” said Yvan Verougstraete, who’s both a member of the European Parliament and president of the Walloon Centrist Les Engagés (the Committed Ones) party.