EU opens second round of SAFE defence loans worth €21.3 billion and calls for channelling part of the funds into joint projects with Ukraine
The European Commission has made €21.3 billion in unused SAFE programme loans available and proposed that EU countries spend them on joint ventures with Ukrainian companies, against the backdrop of Kyiv's €70 billion budget deficit. However, the Commission cannot compel member states to do so.
Aziz Karimov

