MEPs push to finance Ukraine defence through Russian frozen assets
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More than 100 MEPs have called on European Union leaders to reopen talks on using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, as Kiev reports a €23 billion shortfall in defence funds. A letter sent on Wednesday and seen by Euronews argues that Moscow should pay for the damage caused by its war, backing a renewed push launched by four EU countries in late August to unlock frozen assets. The EU holds more than €200 billion in Russian assets, most of…
The European Parliament called for the use of 200 billion euros of Russian assets to support Ukraine
MORE than 120 members of the European Parliament are calling on EU leaders to use over €200 billion in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, which is facing a €23 billion budget deficit.
This is stated in an appeal on the X network, published by the Latvian MEP from the group of European Conservatives and Reformists Richard Kols.Latvian MEP Richard Kols reported that parliamentarians from various political groups sent a corresponding open letter to the EU leadership and the Prime Minister Ireland, which chairs the EU Council. Deputies stressed that more than 200 billion euros of Russian assets remain immobilized in the EU. They …
122 MEPs supported the initiative by Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Spain to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. Eighteen Poles are among the signatories. MEPs want EU leaders to urgently resume talks about the over €200 billion in Russian money frozen in the EU.
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