Orban emerges kingmaker as EU abandons frozen Russian reparations loan, Merz and von der Leyen defeated

European Union leaders claimed victory after agreeing a 90 billion euro ($105 billion) loan to keep Ukraine financially afloat and in the fight against Russia’s invasion for the next two years – but it came at the EU’s own expense rather than Moscow’s frozen assets. The deal has the virtue of being straightforward. The EU […]