US EditionWhy the EU Decided to Freeze Russian Sovereign Assets in Europe Until the Ukraine War Ends
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Why the EU decided to freeze Russian sovereign assets in Europe until the Ukraine war ends
To circumvent a potential veto from Viktor Orban's Hungary, member states invoked an article of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which covers economic stability in times of crisis.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán criticised Brussels for the written vote planned to approve the European Commission's proposal, based on Article 122 of the EU Treaty, to prohibit Russia from returning its frozen assets to the EU...
Next week, the heads of state in Brussels will decide whether the Russian central bank assets will be used for Ukraine – and indirectly also for the European economy.
Latin American Summary, December 13, 2025. On Friday the European Union took the decision to indefinitely block Russia’s assets that are frozen in Europe. Russia has repeatedly called off the theft freeze and warned of consequences. “At the October meeting of the European Council, EU leaders committed themselves [...] Entry Europe. The EU decides to freeze Russia’s sovereign assets indefinitely. Von der Leyen celebrates was first published in La…
Brussels is crossing the Rubicon, a Brussels dictatorship has come; Hungary protests against this decision and will do everything in its power to restore legal order, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote on Facebook.
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