“The tranche (…) has been blocked for one and a half years now, and frankly speaking, it is undermining our political will of supporting Ukraine,” one high-raking EU official said.
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EU foreign ministers meeting on Monday (27 May) vented their anger with Hungary’s “pattern of behaviour” which increasingly often blocks EU foreign policy decisions and prevents progress on crucial military aid for Ukraine.
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The EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday (19 March) he will table a proposal that would see 90% of the revenues from Russian assets frozen in Europe transferred into the European Peace Facility (EPF) and ultimately help Ukraine.
EU leaders agreed on the new fund after weeks of talks, but it’s less about money than “creative accounting.”
Kyiv is desperate for aid, but getting the EU deal meant having to finesse objections from France, Germany and Hungary.
EU ambassadors gave their green light on the creation of the long-awaited fund for Ukraine’s military support on Wednesday (13 March), after removing French and German concerns, in a bid to ensure more sustainable aid flow to the war-torn country.
France’s request for the EU’s Ukraine war fund to include a ‘buy-European’-clause when countries purchase armament together keeps complicating member states’ efforts to find an agreement on the file before the next EU summit on 21-22 March.
An agreement on reimbursing member states for their donations to Ukraine remains out of reach, as Paris and Berlin are not giving in on their demands to reshape the facility according to their national priorities.
While EU member states are expected to pledge continued military support to Ukraine this week, hurdles for a future funding scheme remain.
Ahead of a crucial European summit at which the Hungarian PM could wreak havoc, POLITICO looks back at the biggest issues in his relationship with the EU.
Stricter reimbursement rules for joint procurement of European-made defence equipment, and a way to work around vetoes would make deliveries to Kyiv faster and long-term, according to a document seen by Euractiv.
A reformed EU weapons fund for Ukraine should be used to incentivise European joint procurement and apply stricter reimbursement rules to factor in national bilateral donations to the war-torn country, according to an internal EU memo circulated to the…
Berlin wants a rethink of how the EU’s European Peace Facility is administered, while France wants Europe to be less dependent on the US.
EU leaders have postponed the agreement to top-up the European Peace Facility (EPF) used to reimburse member states for their donations to Ukraine, as some countries wish to change the modalities of the fund.
Crucial military aid for Kyiv has stalled in both Washington and Brussels.
Small members would struggle to continue sending weapons to Kyiv in the absence of the EPF, Foreign Minister Landsbergis tells POLITICO.
In a letter to Charles Michel, the Hungarian leader demands full review of EU policy on Ukraine.
SNEAK PEEK — EU leaders look unlikely to agree easily on a four-year €20 billion fund to help Ukraine keep sourcing arms and training its soldiers. — The Commission has opened a consultation on its long-promised European Defence Industrial Strategy. — Sweden has suggested cutting EU spending on space by €1 billion until 2027 in […]
SNEAK PEEK — EU leaders could approve a further €500 million payment to cover military aid to Ukraine at their summit on October 26 and 27. — A small group of U.S. senators want Defense Secretary Loyd Austin to dispatch unused Iron Dome batteries to Israel. — France is including Germany and Spain in its […]
Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles urged EU countries on Monday (18 September) to enhance the bloc’s security relationship with Africa and the Indo-Pacific in an attempt to restore its global approach, skewed by the war in Ukraine.
The bloc’s leaders can give themselves a pat on the back for their military support of Ukraine, but they should avoid the old habit of coming up with a new set of acronyms and thinking that fixes problems.
Budapest said it would object to the fund until Ukraine removes a controversial Hungarian bank from its ‘war sponsors’ list.
EU member states are debating setting up a dedicated ‘Ukraine Defence Fund’ to keep the country’s armed forces equipped for the next four years at a cost of up to €20 billion, EURACTIV has learnt. According to the new proposal…
