Belgium's image "enormously worries" its prime minister. That is why two weeks after the 22 March twin attacks that killed 35 people at Brussels airport and in the metro, Charles Michel undertook on Wednesday (6 April) to convince foreign journalists that the country is not a failed state and that its capital is a welcoming city.
"We return to normal life in Brussels and in Belgium," Michel said in English at the start of a press conference at the Residence Palace, the international pre...
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