{"id":181195,"date":"2025-12-08T14:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181195\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:51:08","slug":"ireland-among-seven-eu-leaders-urging-action-on-ukraine-reparations-loan-plan-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181195\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland among seven EU leaders urging action on Ukraine reparations loan plan \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Leaders from seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/european-union\/\">EU<\/a> member states including Ireland urged the bloc on Monday to \u200dmove ahead quickly with a proposal to use frozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/russia\/\">Russian assets<\/a> to provide financing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-war\/\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cSupporting \u200dUkraine in their fight for freedom and independence is not only a moral obligation \u2013 it is also in our own self-interest,\u201d the leaders from Ireland, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland \u200cand Sweden said in a letter to EU Council president Antonio Costa and EU Commission \u2060president Ursula von der Leyen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cWe must therefore move ahead quickly on \u200cthe \u200bcommission\u2019s proposals \u200dto use the cash balances from Russia\u2019s immobilised assets for a reparations loan to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Legal concerns by Belgium have delayed a decision on the European Commission\u2019s proposal for an \u2060unprecedented use of frozen Russian assets or international borrowing to raise \u20ac90 billion for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cDiscussions will continue \u2060up until the European Council next week, where the aim is to have a final decision,\u201d commission spokesperson Paula \u200dPinho said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">She declined to give details about a meeting Ms von der Leyen, German chancellor Friedrich Merz and Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever had on Friday to discuss the concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">She repeated the commission\u2019s stance that the proposals are in line with international law and address the concerns raised about \u200cthe use of \u200cimmobilised assets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cWhenever we put our legal proposal on the table, we are sure that it is court-proof and it meets the \u200crequirements and concerns, including in this case financial markets,\u201d she told reporters in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cSo we \u2060are reassuring on that front, because obviously these issues have been looked into.\u201d \u2013 Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaders from seven EU member states including Ireland urged the bloc on Monday to \u200dmove ahead quickly 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