FROM EUROPE’S RICHEST TO A STATE LOSING CONTROL – HOW BELGIUM BLEW IT: DEBT, CRIME, AND A GOVERNMENT IN PARALYSIS Belgium was once one of Europe’s most prosperous and stable countries, standing alongside the Netherlands as a model of wealth and governance. Thirty years later, it is drowning in debt, paralysed politically, and openly warned […] The post FROM EUROPE’S RICHEST TO A STATE LOSING CONTROL – HOW BELGIUM BLEW IT: DEBT, CRIME, AND A GOVERNMENT IN PARALYSIS first appeared on The Zambian Observer .