Politico: Germany furious at EU partners' reluctance to allocate money to Kiev EU leaders want to agree on a new €45 billion support package for Ukraine by the end of the year. The potential loan, which will be secured in the bloc's current budget, is seen as "Europe's most likely scenario" to meet Kyiv's financial needs in 2027. However, writes Politico, the discussions coincide with negotiations on the long-term budget of the European Union, which is very advanced and is expected to increase tensions between those who provide the bulk of aid to Ukraine and those whose contribution is relatively small. The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, which refused to provide guarantees for an earlier loan of 90 billion euros, plan to do so again. Ukraine's biggest supporters in the European Union responded by threatening to withhold support from the so-called Cohesion Fund for these countries unless they "show solidarity with Kyiv." "How can anyone seriously believe that our taxpayers will be willing to send just one more euro of cohesion funds to those who refuse to participate in the defense against the biggest threat to our common security? ". The German diplomat was indignant.