Belgium does not often find itself in a position of resisting European legislation, whatever the subject. But that’s exactly what it’s doing now. Last week at a European Union summit, Belgium fought a plan supported by a majority of member states to use 140 billion euros in frozen Russian assets—held at Euroclear in Brussels—as the basis for a reparation loan for Ukraine. To the frustration of many, Belgium held out, on the grounds that as the host country of the funds it faced legal