Europe
Europe agrees €50 billion aid package for Ukraine
It comes despite staunch objections from Hungary
The European Council said that it agreed a deal on aid to Ukraine, just over an hour into a summit of the bloc’s leaders and despite threats from Hungary to veto the move.
“We have a deal,” Charles Michel, the European Council president, wrote in a post to X.
He said that all “27 leaders agreed on an additional €50 billion (£43 billion) support package for Ukraine within the EU budget”.
The announcement came despite staunch objections from Hungary in December and in the days leading up to Thursday’s summit in Brussels.