{"id":1168,"date":"2025-12-15T19:35:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:35:25","slug":"germany-will-push-for-euagreement-on-use-of-frozen-russian-assets-finance-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/germany-will-push-for-euagreement-on-use-of-frozen-russian-assets-finance-minister-says\/politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany will push for EUagreement on use of frozen Russian assets, finance minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/462e3bcaa7324f2ccaee60809184a86d.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1169\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/462e3bcaa7324f2ccaee60809184a86d.webp 800w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/462e3bcaa7324f2ccaee60809184a86d-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/462e3bcaa7324f2ccaee60809184a86d-768x501.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany is seeking an EU agreement on the use of frozen Russian assets and will raise the issue during the Eurogroup\u2019s meeting in Brussels today, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a joint news conference with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and leading coalition figures after their meeting Wednesday night at the Chancellery, Klingbeil said maintaining financial and military support for Ukraine was a key topic of discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am very grateful to the chancellor for bringing the Europeans together right now and ensuring that we in Europe have a strong voice. I consider that absolutely crucial in this decisive phase of the war,\u201d the Social Democrat politician said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were united yesterday on how we can continue our support for Ukraine.\u201d Klingbeil said Chancellor Merz\u2019s proposal to use immobilized Russian assets to strengthen Ukraine\u2019s military along with the European Commission\u2019s recent plan will be discussed among EU f inance ministers and top officials today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will be in Brussels today for the Eurogroup and Ecofin meetings, where this will be a major topic. Yesterday, we agreed that Germany wants to be a driving force on this matter that we want to f ind a solution and explore ways to maintain financial support for Ukraine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chancellor Merz first proposed using immobilized Russian assets to support Ukraine in September, and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented a detailed plan last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal seeks to increase pressure on Russia while creating a funding mechanism for military aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belgium, which hosts Euroclear the main depository for frozen Russian assets in the EU &nbsp;has expressed reservations about the plan, fearing the country could face legal challenges and bear f inancial liability alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belgian government has insisted on several changes to the EU Commission\u2019s initial proposal to counter potential financial and legal risks and better protect Euroclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany is seeking an EU agreement on the use of frozen Russian assets and will raise the issue during the Eurogroup\u2019s meeting in Brussels today, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}