The first day of the EU summit failed to reach an agreement on the issue of Russian assets.

【Key Focus: EU Summit Day One Fails to Reach Consensus on Russian Assets】

On the evening of December 18, 2025, Brussels time, after the release of the first day's communiqué of the EU summit, it meant that EU member states failed to reach a consensus on the issue of Russian assets, and this topic even did not appear in the first day's communiqué.

Specifically:

The communiqué directly starts from the second chapter on the Middle East, implying that the first chapter on Ukraine was not disclosed, because there was a lack of consensus among EU leaders. The third chapter involves EU security and defense, the fourth chapter concerns the EU's multiannual financial framework, the fifth chapter relates to EU enlargement, the sixth chapter involves EU immigration, and the seventh chapter covers several minor issues.

It is worth emphasizing that von der Leyen made statements before the summit, saying that no one could end the summit without solving Ukraine's financial needs for the next two years.

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