The European Commission (EC) hopes Germany, France and Italy will guarantee most of the loan to Ukraine with frozen Russian assets. The publication Politico wrote about this with reference to EC documents in their possession, reports .
As the publication notes, each EU country will have to commit to allocating billions of euros to ensure the payment of an emergency loan to Ukraine in the amount of 210 billion. The size of the guarantee is calculated depending on the gross national income. In this case, Germany would have to provide the most money, about 51.3 billion euros. France will have to guarantee 34 billion, Italy – 25.1 billion. According to Politico, these guarantees will allow Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever to agree to issue a loan using frozen Russian assets.
Previously, Politico wrote that the EC sent a legal proposal to EU countries to expropriate all 210 billion euros of sovereign assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation frozen in the EU to finance Ukraine in 2026-2027. However, Belgium “strongly opposes” such a step.
