{"id":123692,"date":"2024-01-17T07:35:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T05:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/eu-will-approve-e50-billion-for-ukraine-with-or-without-hungary-vows-von-der-leyen\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T07:35:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T05:35:51","slug":"eu-will-approve-e50-billion-for-ukraine-with-or-without-hungary-vows-von-der-leyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/eu-will-approve-e50-billion-for-ukraine-with-or-without-hungary-vows-von-der-leyen\/","title":{"rendered":"EU will approve \u20ac50 billion for Ukraine with or without Hungary, vows von der Leyen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123692\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe European Union will, if needed, find a way to bypass Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s veto and approve the \u20ac50-billion special fund for Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. The package, which is designed to provide Kyiv with financial support until 2027 and plug the government&#8217;s ballooning public deficit, is being held up by Hungary, an impasse that has left Brussels effectively without any money for the war-torn nation.<\/p>\n<p>Following a dramatic summit in mid-December, where Orb\u00e1n made good on his threat and derailed the unanimous vote, EU leaders are set to reconvene again on 1 February to give the so-called Ukraine Facility a second try. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s very important to engage with all 27 member states of the European Union to get the \u20ac50 billion for four years for Ukraine up and running,&#8221; the president of the European Commission told a group of media, including Euronews, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. &#8220;This is the phase we&#8217;re in right now. It&#8217;s the preparation for the extraordinary European Council on the 1st of February. It&#8217;s hard work. We have discussed many different issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the meeting, Hungarian officials have floated two key demands in exchange for lifting the veto: splitting the Facility into four annual tranches, which would allow Orb\u00e1n to block the cash at a later stage, and extending the deadline to spend COVID-19 recovery funds, which would give Budapest more time to unlock the frozen money.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen did not comment on these requests but made it clear the bloc would find a way to approve the \u20ac50-billion fund \u2013 with or without Hungary&#8217;s blessing. &#8220;My personal priority is to have an agreement by 27 (countries). And if this is not possible, we are prepared for an agreement by 26,&#8221; the Commission chief said. &#8220;But I strongly support and prefer an agreement by 27.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although EU officials have avoided publicly discussing such Plan B, von der Leyen&#8217;s words reflect that work is well underway to avoid a repeat of the December fiasco. The Financial Times previously reported Brussels was crafting an alternative that would allow the Commission to borrow \u20ac20 billion on the financial markets.<\/p>\n<p>During a bilateral meeting in Davos, von der Leyen promised Volodymyr Zelenskyy that her executive would strive towards &#8220;securing the means to recover, rebuild and reform&#8221; through the proposed Facility. &#8220;We focused on the need to unblock the decision to provide Ukraine with \u20ac50 billion in long-term EU assistance at the (February) summit. Ukraine is hoping for a consensus on this issue,&#8221; Zelenskyy said after the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, von der Leyen gave a speech at the World Economic Forum underlining the urgent need to provide Ukraine with &#8220;predictable financing throughout 2024 and beyond.&#8221; The goal has become even more pressing in the face of the legislative deadlock in Washington, where fresh funding is obstructed by Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ukraine can prevail in this war. But we must continue to empower their resistance,&#8221; von der Leyen told the audience in Davos. &#8220;They need a sufficient and sustained supply of weapons to defend Ukraine and regain its rightful territory. They need capabilities to deter future attacks by Russia. And they also need hope,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;They need to know that, with their struggle, they will earn a better future for their children. And Ukraine&#8217;s better future is called Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/01\/16\/eu-will-approve-50-billion-for-ukraine-with-or-without-hungary-vows-von-der-leyen\">Euronews<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/eu-will-approve-e50-billion-for-ukraine-with-or-without-hungary-vows-von-der-leyen\/\">EU will approve \u20ac50 billion for Ukraine with or without Hungary, vows von der Leyen<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,274,2214,559],"class_list":["post-123692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-eu","tag-hungary","tag-ukraine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}