Brussels had just about had it with Brussels.
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The EU Berlaymont building, Rue de loi No 200 is gonna take on the Belgium Gvment building, Rue de loi 16, Monty Python style in Brussels.
And besides Brussels (EU government) and Brussels (national government), both prone to internal disagreements, there's also the prone-to-disagreement Brussels (provincial government).
'Tumbling into the abyss' – Brussels breaks record for longest period without government
Monday, 1 December 2025
As of today (Tuesday), the Brussels-Capital Region has been without an elected government for 542 days – breaking the world record of 541 days, held by Belgium's Federal Government led by Elio Di Rupo (PS) in 2011.
EDIT: Here we have Brussels (provincial government) being threatened by Brussels (national government) over Brussels (provincial government) going to Brussels (EU government) for funds:
Most damning: Brussels’ auditors have been unable to certify annual accounts since 2017, with the federal Court of Auditors in recent years going from “refusing to certify” to outright “abstaining.” It’s a sign the data is no longer reliable enough to evaluate.
The crisis turned public in Schuman Square, at the geographic heart of EU power flanked by the EU Council and the European Commission headquarters. Unable to cover a 12-million-euro cost overrun on renovations, the Mobility Minister wrote to five European institutions begging for financial help — and was publicly rebuked by Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
“It is truly a disgrace, a total humiliation, the Brussels Region begging for money to build a square,” the N-VA leader said. De Wever, the first Flemish nationalist politician to hold the office of prime minister of Belgium, has escalated pressure with unprecedented threats.
In May, he declared bluntly: “If Brussels comes asking the federal government for money, I will put it under guardianship.” He promised to “impose strict austerity conditions to put a stop to the ‘malgoverno’ in Brussels.”
The New Flemish Alliance (Dutch: Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie [ˌniu ˈvlaːmsə ʔɑliˈjɑn(t)si] ⓘ, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist,[7][8] conservative,[13] and liberal-conservative[14][15][16] political party in Belgium. The party was established in 2001 by the right-leaning faction of the centrist-nationalist People's Union (VU).[17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance
Politically, De Wever has described himself as a conservative and a Flemish nationalist.[62] He is an avowed admirer of Edmund Burke and his political philosophy, and has described British conservative writer and social critic Theodore Dalrymple, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek as influences.[63]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_De_Wever
Tells us about all we need to know.
It's always stereotypical.
I mean other than this being really sad its pretty fucking funny that after a decade of enduring propaganda about how brussels controls everything in the eu and is trying to fuck hungary over, now brussels is on the same side as hungary.
Read again:
"The Belgium leader would be frozen out and ignored, just like Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has been given the cold shoulder over democratic backsliding and his refusal to play ball on sanctioning Russia
and has now asked for more safety nets.
He wants the EU to provide an extra cash buffer on top of financial guarantees and increased safeguards to cover potential legal disputes and settlements — an idea many governments oppose.
Nearly all the Russian assets are housed in Euroclear, a financial depository in Brussels.
To push the risk onto Belgium will turn the EU evil. If the risk is so low then it should be easy to give these guarantees. If they are not given then the EU is abusing Belgium because the risk is actually high.