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Euroclear has expressed concerns over its future and the future of the [[euro]] [[currency]] if the Russian [[sovereign]] assets are seized by the EU. [[Belgian]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Bart De Wever]] has asked other EU leaders for guarantees they will share the risks. Former head of the German [[Blackrock]] office Fuhrer [[Friedrich Merz]] had a new idea. In a ''Financial Times'' op-ed Merz claimed:<ref>https://archive.ph/hP5Ej#selection-1839.0-1852.2</ref>
Euroclear has expressed concerns over its future and the future of the [[euro]] [[currency]] if the Russian [[sovereign]] assets are seized by the EU. [[Belgian]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Bart De Wever]] has asked other EU leaders for guarantees they will share the risks. Former head of the German [[Blackrock]] office Fuhrer [[Friedrich Merz]] had a new idea. In a ''Financial Times'' op-ed Merz claimed:<ref>https://archive.ph/hP5Ej#selection-1839.0-1852.2</ref>
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{{quotebox-float|[[Germany]] has been, and remains, cautious on the issue of confiscating the Russian central bank's assets that are frozen in [[Europe]], and with good reason. There are not only questions of [[international law]] to consider, but also fundamental issues concerning the [[euro]]'s role as a global [[reserve currency]]. But this must not hold us back: we must consider how, by circumventing these problems, we can make these funds available for the defence of Ukraine.
{{quotebox-float|[[Germany]] has been, and remains, cautious on the issue of confiscating the Russian central bank's assets that are frozen in [[Europe]], and with good reason. There are not only questions of [[international law]] to consider, but also fundamental issues concerning the [[euro]]'s role as a global [[reserve currency]]. But this must not hold us back: we must consider how, by circumventing these problems, we can make these funds available for the defence of Ukraine.