The mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever (N-VA), compared our country to Greece in an interview with the Flemish program “De Zevende Dag”: “Our country is bankrupt. We are the new Greece,” he said. “This is of course not a crisis that Putin caused, but that Europe caused itself by phasing out its own primary energy production during this century.”
“The dumbest countries, Germany and Belgium, got out of nuclear power. We repelled all energy sources, making us dependent on Putin. Now we are clinging to it”.
For Bart De Wever, it’s time for “bitter truths”: “This country is bankrupt. Look at our debt, government spending and the deficit. It’s worse than in southern Europe. This government has done nothing regarding it. I have already said that in the next economic shock, we will be the new Greece. Unfortunately, it is happening now. Mr. De Croo can say many things, but he cannot do anything,” he concluded.
