Alexander De Croo
Prime Minister of Belgium from 2020 to 2025
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I still stand behind what I said years ago. There was a need in Europe to increase defense spending,
- de Croo saidForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/09…
With the temperatures that you would get here, that would lead to circumstances which would be really close to humanitarian catastrophe,
- De Croo notedUkrainska Pravdapravda.com.ua/eng/news…
We are working together with the Afghan authorities to see how we can make economic activity here in Afghanistan investable. Now we need to be clear, private investment is not going to solve everything, so you need a certain level of public investment, but you will use it in a very prudent way and try to use it as much as a lever to unlock private investment,
- De Croo told XinhuaXinhuaNetenglish.news.cn/20260815/c8189…
In Afghanistan, there is never a crisis just on its own,
- Alexander De Croo, the head of the U.N. Development Program, told The Associated Press during his visitThe New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/07…
The Ukrainians have rewritten the playbook in many domains,
- De Croo saidPolitico Europepolitico.eu/article/ukraine…
If now the international community turns its back to Afghanistan, the consequences will not only be in Afghanistan. The consequences will be much, much broader,
- De Croo saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/afghani…
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