(April 4, 2025)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever today in Brussels and discussed shared priorities including NATO defense spending, China, and counternarcotics. They also reviewed ongoing coordination to enhance stability and security in Europe and around the world.
(April 4, 2025)
France, Hungary and Poland are among the countries that said they would not act on the arrest warrant. Germany and Italy criticized the warrant without explicitly saying they would ignore it. The Netherlands and Austria are among the countries that criticized it but said they would act on it.
(Friday, 4 April 2025)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently under an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). However, on Thursday night Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) said he would likely not be detained if he were on Belgian soil, sparking outrage from the Green opposition on Friday.