On Tuesday 2 January, the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, stressed that the European Union must have greater own resources, in particular to strengthen its autonomy vis-à-vis the other major powers and to deal with international crises, such as Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine.
In an interview with Politico as part of the start of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Mr De Croo took the view that the Union’s democratic legitimacy also derives...