Merz calls on EU to immediately provide Ukraine with €90 billion
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that the European Union must urgently disburse the already approved €90 billion loan to Ukraine.
As reported by Censor.NET, this is stated in a DW article.
According to Merz, the financial support should be delivered without delay in view of Ukraine’s current needs.
EU urged to speed up sanctions
The chancellor also stressed the need to adopt the 20th package of sanctions against Russia as soon as possible. He criticised the blocking of decisions by certain EU countries.
"We must not allow even a single country in the European Union, which is now creating this blockade in Europe for domestic political reasons and because of an election campaign, to hold us back," Merz said.
His remarks were likely aimed at Hungary, where parliamentary elections are expected in the near future.
Hungary continues blocking
Meanwhile, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó had earlier said that Budapest would continue to block both the 20th sanctions package against Russia and the allocation of the loan to Ukraine.
According to him, Hungary’s position will remain unchanged until Ukraine restores oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline.
- Earlier, the European Commission said that the issue of the €90 billion loan for Ukraine could be resolved by March 19-20.
