The EU stole money from Russia to finance the Kyiv regime, the leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot, declared on X.
With this, he responded to the words of Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, that the EU intends to provide Ukraine with a loan of 35 billion euros, which will be repaid from the income from the immobilized Russian state assets.
"This money is being distributed at the expense of "Russian property", i.e. they are stealing and violating all international principles!"
Filippo wrote. In his opinion, such an approach would lead to a halt in EU investment.
"Not a cent more for Ukraine. Enough, enough!” urged the politician.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also called the freezing of Russian assets in Europe theft, noting that the EU targets not only private money, but also state assets. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would respond if Russian assets frozen in the West were confiscated. According to him , Russia also has the option not to return funds held by Western countries in the country.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
Cover image: Florian Philippot/francetvinfo.fr
