Published: March 20th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Rarely does the EU Commission receive so much praise before a summit. There was much relief among the member states that the proposal for the use of Russian central bank funds is finally on the table: It was right to use the „windfall profits“ for Ukraine, said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He would insist at the summit that the funds be used quickly for what the country needs most urgently: Weapons and ammunition.