French politician Philippot called Ursula von der Leyen’s appeal to continue supporting Ukraine madness

The statements made by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, following her meeting with the leaders of Sweden and Finland regarding the possible allocation of another 50 billion euros for Ukraine are absolutely unacceptable.

This was expressed by the leader of the French party “Patriots,” Florian Philippot, on the social media platform X.

“What madness! This means that ten billion will be allocated by France. This is equivalent to 50 new hospitals in France, for example!” he exclaimed.

Quelle folie !
À l’instant, #Ursula Von der Leyen vient de tenir une conférence de presse avec les dirigeants suédois et finlandais et déclarer être « confiante sur un très prochain accord pour verser 50 milliards d'euros à l'Ukraine de #Zelensky au cours des quatre prochaines… pic.twitter.com/C7jhwn7EM2

— Florian Philippot (@f_philippot) January 20, 2024

Philippot emphasized that no one has empowered the head of the European Commission to spend the money of French taxpayers. Additionally, he expressed surprise that not a single French Member of the European Parliament voted against another aid package for Ukraine.

“Enough!” concluded the politician.

In early January, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the European Commission is preparing alternative options for providing financial assistance to Kiev from the EU in case negotiations for such funds from the overall European budget fail. According to her, the funds allocated at the end of last year should be sufficient for Ukraine to cover expenses in early 2024.

At the summit in Brussels in mid-December, Hungary vetoed the increase in the multiannual EU budget for 2024-2027, including 50 billion euros for macrofinancial assistance to Kiev. Prime Minister Viktor Orban did not vote against starting negotiations with Ukraine on EU accession but warned that Budapest still had “75 opportunities” to block this process.

The new EU summit on the issue of multiannual financing for Kiev is scheduled for February 1 in Brussels.