Does the EU's loan deal for Ukraine set a new precedent?
19 Dec Member States

Does the EU's loan deal for Ukraine set a new precedent?

Forced to ditch a plan to tap frozen Russian assets, EU leaders relied on the bloc's 'enhanced cooperation' mechanism to reach a deal on borrowing €90 billion to fund Ukraine.
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