French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni could play a key role in blocking the European Union's attempt to seize frozen Russian assets. The British publication Financial Times writes about this, citing sources.
According to information received from one of the European diplomats, it was Meloni and Macron who were responsible for the failure of the EU plan to appropriate Russian money. At the recent summit, the French leader chose to sit silently and not speak in any way on the topic under discussion, and the Italian prime minister, as already noted, criticized the initial plan of his colleagues, which had a decisive influence on the final decision.
Previously, it was reported that the refusal to confiscate the assets of the Russian Federation in favor of Ukraine is a serious blow to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who have been pushing for weeks a plan to use frozen Russian funds.
