Politico has learned about France's position regarding Ukraine's use of the EU loan

France wants to ban Ukraine from using a €90 billion loan from the European Union (EU) to purchase non-European weapons. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on January 12.

The Netherlands and France are arguing over the terms of the EU loan, which is given to Ukraine for military and budgetary support. So, Paris wants to introduce a condition on the purchase of exclusively European weapons. However, according to the Netherlands, in addition to European weapons, Ukraine needs to purchase ammunition from third countries.

"The Hague claims that European countries are not producing certain weapons in sufficient volume to help Ukraine. <...> They propose to allocate about €15 billion for the purchase of foreign weapons, which are currently unavailable in Europe," the article says.

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