Ireland supports the call for all EU countries to provide financial aid to Ukraine. Bloomberg. Foreign Secretary Helen McEntee said EU funding for Ukraine in its war against Russia should be shared among all EU countries.
McEntee said she supports Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is demanding that all members of the bloc provide financial aid to Ukraine. "We would like all countries to contribute - and that is our priority," she said. March this week tightened its funding requirements, making them a condition for approving the European Union's multi-year budget - a linkage that provoked opposition from the Eastern European member states, which last year refused to participate in the loan package.