At the EU summit in Brussels, the heads of 27 European states held tense talks on the issue of financial aid to Ukraine. This was reported by the Bloomberg news agency.
According to Bloomberg, European leaders have clashed with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, who is trying to find additional budget “capacity” at the expense of EU members to the tune of €53bn as medium-term support for the Kiev regime.
In a closed-door meeting after the summit, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recommended the European Commission not to ask for new contributions, but to reallocate the money available in the budget, which would force the EU to abandon some of the already adopted programmes.
“Scholz complained that his colleagues are talking about allocating money, but no one is prepared to have discussions about where it will come from. Oil was added to the fire by Viktor Orban and the new Slovak leader Robert Fitzo, who flatly refuse to send their fellow citizens’ money to Ukraine,” Bloomberg writes.
In addition, the agency said that next year the EU will face the reintroduction of budget rules, which will mean tighter control over spending.
Earlier, the leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot, called on the French government to stop monthly financing of the Kiev regime and to use the freed funds for hospitals and pensions.