EU agrees on a 156 trillion won interest-free loan for Ukraine···"to be repaid with Russian reparations"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : They said the EU would borrow about 90 billion euros in the capital markets, secured by unspent funds from the joint EU budget.
62% : Yonhap News EU leaders agreed to provide Ukraine with interest-free loans totaling 90 billion euros (about 156 trillion won) over a two-year period starting next year.
60% : " The EU has been discussing a plan to provide Ukraine with interest-free loans totaling 90 billion euros over the next two years, using 210 billion euros (about 363 trillion won) in Russian assets frozen within the EU as collateral.
51% : AFP and the Financial Times (FT) reported that the 90 billion euros loan agreed by EU leaders would be extended without directly using the frozen assets of Russia, and instead backed by the EU budget.
44% : As differences among member states persisted, EU leaders appear to have opted for an indirect approach in which the EU raises funds on its own rather than directly using the frozen assets of Russia, while linking repayment of the loan to Russia's future payment of war reparations.
37% : Prime Minister Bart De Wever, who has opposed using the frozen assets, said of the agreement that EU leaders "avoided chaos and division" and "maintained unity.

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