Business & Economics
Hungary Vetoes Eurobond ‘Plan B’ for EU Ukraine Funding
On 5 December 2025 Budapest used its veto at an EU ambassadors’ meeting to block issuance of joint Eurobonds, eliminating the only unanimously-approved alternative to financing Kyiv with frozen Russian state reserves.
Focusing Facts
- The shelved Eurobond proposal sought to raise roughly €90 billion backed by the EU’s 2021-2027 budget, with repayment shared pro-rata among member states.
- Unlike the Eurobond option, the Commission’s preferred ‘reparations loan’ tied to €210 billion in immobilised Russian central-bank assets needs only a qualified-majority vote, not unanimity.
- Belgium, custodian of about €185 billion of the frozen assets through Euroclear, fears primary exposure to possible Kremlin lawsuits.
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