
Brussels Backtracks: EU Drops €40 Billion Ukraine Aid Package
Despite the EU’s foreign policy chief’s claims about “broad political support,” opposition from France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal has derailed Brussels’ ambitious military package.
Despite the EU’s foreign policy chief’s claims about “broad political support,” opposition from France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal has derailed Brussels’ ambitious military package.
European rearmament will not provide Ukraine with effective security.
All 27 member states backed von der Leyen’s latest plan—but did anyone ask Europeans first?
There’s no sign of Hungary’s proposed annual reviews in the adopted document, but the country could receive other advantages related to the frozen funds.
The debate lasted all night and the next morning, but despite personal pleas and pressure from leaders of influential member states, Morawiecki and Orbán could not budge on vetoing migrant relocations.
Poland promises to veto the migrant relocations, Hungary questions Brussels’s extra-budgetary requests, and others keep worrying about the possibility of a resurgent Wagner coming out of Belarus. All in one day.
In a leaked letter to EU leaders, eight countries call for harmonised and effective policies as leaders gather this week to discuss migration in Brussels.