Minfin: Lithuania Requests Between 5 Billion and 8.8 Billion Euros From the European Defence Fund

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The European Commission reported that 18 EU countries had requested a total of at least 127 billion euros in loans from the European Defence Fund (EDF). Lithuania had applied between 5 and 8.76 billion euros, and confirmed the Ministry of Finance in a comment to BNS.

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The European Commission (EC) has proposed setting the future multiannual EU budget at EUR 2 trillion. Lithuania is allocated more than EUR 14 billion. But these figures could still change significantly during the two years of negotiations on the budget. In addition, it is not yet clear what Lithuania's contribution to the common EU pocket will be, and therefore what the balance between "Lithuanian income and expenditure" will be. Experts say tha…