Belgium PM acknowledges security ‘failure,’ not ‘failed state’

Belgium’s prime minister says life is returning to normal, after the suicide attacks on the Brussels’ airport and metro that killed 32 people and wounded dozens of others. Speaking with reporters in Belgium’s capital, Charles Michel admitted his country has made mistakes in combating violent extremism, but he rejected criticism it has become Europe’s weakest […]

Belgium’s prime minister says life is returning to normal, after the suicide attacks on the Brussels’ airport and metro that killed 32 people and wounded dozens of others.
Speaking with reporters in Belgium’s capital, Charles Michel admitted his country has made mistakes in combating violent extremism, but he rejected criticism it has become Europe’s weakest state in efforts to eradicate terrorist threats.
The March 22 attacks in Brussels were the deadliest since World War II.
“When there is an attack like that, of course that’s a failure and nobody can deny this,” the prime minister said. “I cannot accept the idea that we’re a failed state.”
But, in the fight against terrorism, “everywhere in the world and in Europe, there have been successes and there have been failures,” he stressed.