EU delays Russian asset seizure - media -- RT World News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : According to Bloomberg, EU leaders plan to review the possibilities at the next summit, with the goal being "to get a final agreement by the end of the year.
57% : The current draft seen by Politico "invites the [EU] Commission to present, as soon as possible, options for financial support," replacing earlier language that called for a legal proposal.
45% : Belgium's demand for robust legal guarantees has reportedly stalled plans to provide Kiev with a loan financed by Moscow's funds EU leaders have failed to reach an agreement on whether to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine through a controversial loan scheme, after Belgium demanded stronger legal safeguards, several media outlets reported.
43% : According to Bloomberg and Politico, EU officials made little headway at a Brussels summit on Thursday on the plan to use immobilized Russian central bank assets as collateral for a proposed €140 billion ($163 billion) "reparation loan" to Kiev.
39% : Belgium, which has legal control over the bulk of the frozen funds through Brussels-based Euroclear, has consistently demanded that all EU members share responsibility "if it goes wrong" with taking Russian money.
35% : Belgium's opposition left some EU officials unhappy, with one source telling Politico: "Nobody wants to be seen to be responsible for Ukraine running out of money -- but there's nothing [agreed] yet to actually send them any money."

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