Czech Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura has set December as the target date for agreement in the EU Council on a further €18 billion of macrofinancial assistance to cover part of Ukraine’s financing needs in 2023.
If a unanimous agreement of the Member States is reached at the Ecofin Council on Tuesday 6 December, he said on Tuesday 8 November, it will then be possible to pay “as early as January” a significant sum - perhaps €3 billion - to the Ukrainian authorities who will...