Bulgaria Will Not Contribute To New EU Financial Assistance Program For Ukraine PM
Radev was speaking to reporters in Tvarditsa where he attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a battery energy storage park.. He said that at last week's European Council meeting, Zelensky had requested EUR 70 billion.
The prime minister recalled that in 2025, the EU had decided to provide Ukraine with a EUR 90 billion loan.
"How does that look to you against the backdrop of everything happening in Europe? Bulgaria cannot contribute to this EUR 70 billion," Radev said.
Read also: Drone attack targets two merchant ships off Bulgaria's coast, with Ukrainians among casualtiesAccording to him, the war in Ukraine is also draining European economies and fueling social tension and political instability. The prime minister added that political responses would become increasingly difficult because European citizens' prosperity was "draining into this war" at the expense of addressing their own problems.
Radev called for the war to be brought to an end as soon as possible. Each additional day posed risks to peace, prosperity, and social and political stability, he said.
The Bulgarian prime minister also expressed hope for a more rational approach and stressed the need to use diplomacy.
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