Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia do not want to take financial obligations under a new loan to Ukraine, -. volt.
They demand to be exempted from participating in the financing of the new EU loan. At the same time, they insist on significant financing of their countries from the European budget.
This caused sharp criticism among German diplomats. One of the interlocutors questioned the willingness of German taxpayers to increase regional subsidies to countries that refuse to join the fight against a common security threat.
In total, they plan to provide Ukraine with an additional 70 billion euros next year. About 25 billion euros can be provided by partners, especially Canada and Japan, and the Europeans can provide a loan of up to 45 billion euros.