On Friday 11 February, the ambassadors of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) approved, without debate or amendment, the Commission’s proposal to provide Ukraine with a sixth macro-financial assistance package worth €1.2 billion in loans to help the country cope with the economic and political risks it faces (see EUROPE B12881A15).
This aid will last for a year and will be disbursed in two tranches of €600 million, the first as soon as the EU Council and the European...