Hungary’s last-minute decision to deny the financial program severely overshadowed Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Kyiv, where she stated that the European Union’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine will go “one way or another.
The Euroepan Commission’s president made reference to the December agreement made by the 27 EU leaders on Tuesday, saying, “This word cannot be broken. In any case, we’ll repay the loan,” she declared. “Let me be very clear, we have different options, and we will use them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Council President António Costa were next to von der Leyen. Once the European Council makes a decision, all member states must work together to carry it out,” Costa stated.
Budapest and Kyiv are at odds over the Druzhba pipeline, which dates back to the Soviet era and was badly damaged in a drone strike that was blamed on Russia in late January. “To renovate for what?” Zelenskyy was asked if his government would be willing to fix the infrastructure. To get rid of (more) people? This seems like a pretty high price to me.
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