von der Leyen: The EU summit will not end until the Ukraine funding issue is resolved!
On December 18, AFP reported: "EU leaders held a summit on Thursday. Von der Leyen vowed that negotiations would continue until countries reached an agreement on Ukraine's funding for the next two years. She said a solution must be found and they would not leave the European summit easily. Polish Prime Minister Tusk said upon arriving at the venue that Europe now faces a choice between paying today or bleeding tomorrow. Therefore, we must make the decision, and all European leaders must ultimately step up to this challenge. Dutch Prime Minister Scholz said that it is expected that EU member states can reach an agreement on Ukraine's funding with Belgium's support. He stated that he understood Belgium's prime minister De Wever's concerns. De Wever said on Thursday that the guarantees provided by the EU for the plan to use Russian assets to fund Ukraine are still insufficient. Belgian lawmakers said that Belgium would not accept a scheme where only we bear all the risks and responsibilities."
[Witty] Von der Leyen's tough words about not leaving until an agreement is reached seem more like a self-motivating statement from a cornered beast. The EU holds 21 billion euros in frozen Russian assets but cannot even implement a plan to use them. Hungary has joined several countries to form a blocking minority. Belgium clearly stated that the risk is not evenly distributed and refuses to pay. This summit is nothing more than a self-directed performance of unity. Poland's argument that today's payment or tomorrow's bloodshed is absurd. The EU has already spent 27 billion euros in military aid by 2025, yet it cannot even gather funds for Ukraine's reconstruction. Fundamentally, it is tied to the US war chariot. Once, the EU called itself a beacon of peace, but now it has become a blood transfusion machine for war. The US profits from selling weapons, while Europe has to pay for the conflict. The so-called funding agreement is merely using the budgets of member states to fill an endless pit. This game full of disagreements has long exposed the illusion of the EU's strategic autonomy. In the end, it will only make Europe increasingly trapped in the dilemma of paying or suffering. Will von der Leyen achieve her goal? It's hard to say!
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