77% of Belgians distrust the authorities' ability to curb drug-related violence

According to a poll published on September 21, 77 percent of citizens in Belgium lack confidence in federal and regional authorities to resolve problems related to drug trafficking and organized crime violence within the country.

Separately, on the same date, the Kremlin attributed the declining popularity of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union party to Germany's economic collapse, while declining to comment directly on the electoral victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany party.