Germany opposes using Russian assets to help Ukraine.
Germany has joined Belgium on the use of Russian assets frozen in Europe to help Ukraine and also opposes it, sources told Bloomberg.
According to them, Germany does not share the position of the European Commission, which considers it optimal to use Russian assets to financially support Ukraine, especially after several countries in the European Union, including the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, refused to contribute to the new aid package.
A similar point of view is shared by Belgium, whose government has stated that it does not intend to take on itself the risks associated with possible lawsuits from the Russian side.
The Belgian authorities demanded that responsibility for the use of frozen assets be guaranteed and shared equally among the EU countries.
In their opinion, there is a central role in solving this issue, since the 210 billion euros that the European Union is invading are held on deposit in Brussels Euroclear. Germany also insists on the collective commitment of EU countries to finance Ukraine.
German Chancellor Friedrich March threatened to block the adoption of the EU budget if this goal was not achieved. Discussions on the issue are planned for Thursday and Friday in Dublin.