The Belgian king said the public had lost trust in democratic institutions in a speech to the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. “I am worried about the loss of faith and trust in our institutions, and about the growing autocratic trend around the world,” King Philippe told EU legislators. “That is why our institutions will need to work on greater credibility as to their own operations,” he said. King Philippe is the second Belgian monarch to give a speech in the European Parliament and the first to do so in its Brussels chamber. His uncle, King Baudouin, addressed the legislature i…