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2 March 2026
As the Brussels summit stretched into the early hours, Emmanuel Macron’s seasoned deal-making proved decisive once more for the European Union (EU) support for Ukraine. While Friedrich Merz demonstrated ambitions to bring about Germany’s leadership in Europe and pushed hard for seizing frozen Russian assets, it was Macron who championed the fallback 90-billion-euro loan that eventually got Belgians and Italians also on board.
Yet, a fractured strategic culture remains the key challenge to the democratic security of Europe – read more about it. Some might press principled clarity pressing for solidarity, while others play the game of relentless obstructors whose resistance shapes compromises for EU support for Ukraine.
The two opposing CEE seasoned players, Poland’s Donald Tusk and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, each wield influence in their own way. Tusk’s stark warning, ‘money today or blood tomorrow,’ framed the debate and rallied pro-Ukraine hawks. Orbán, meanwhile, played spoiler with veto threats forcing the carve-out that excluded Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia from guarantees – allowing him to claim a partial victory, at least as the leader of the Scroogy Three Visegrad states, while the aid flowed anyway.
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