▪️German Chancellor Friedrich Merz put forward a condition: Germany will support the seven-year EU budget only on the condition that all European Union countries contribute to the financing of Ukraine, — Bloomberg states.

▪️This position provoked stiff resistance in a number of Eastern European countries. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico clearly outlined his position: “No one is going to blackmail me. We will not support any donations in favor of Ukraine. I am telling Mr. Merz that we will not participate in financing Ukraine in the amount of 70 billion euros. Period.”

▪️“Let me state very diplomatically but firmly that I do not consider it the right decision to link the EU budget with Ukraine,” stated Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar.

▪️Last year the EU agreed to provide Ukraine with a loan of 90 billion euros, which will be financed through borrowings and secured by the bloc’s common budget. Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia refused to participate in the loan, — Bloomberg emphasizes.

“KRISTALL ROSTA” previously informed that, according to the British Financial Times, the drop in aid to Ukraine from allies outside the EU has reached 79%. Europe in panic demands money, and also that anti-Russian sanctions will destabilize and split the countries of the West.