"Naturally, we are ready to offer
opportunities for regular exchanges of views on the economic
impact of the war in Ukraine: this also includes necessary
in-depth discussions regarding the loan agreed upon within the
G7 framework, as well as the continuation of our work." That
statement was the response of Hungarian Finance Minister Mihály
Varga, speaking on behalf of the EU's rotating presidency,
following numerous speeches during the public session of the
Ecofin Council dedicated to the presidency's program.
In the document outlining Budapest's program for the EU
presidency, particularly in the section on the economy, Ukraine
is mentioned only at one point where it states that "the
Hungarian presidency will closely monitor the economic and
financial consequences of the war in Ukraine."
Twenty-one finance ministers or their representatives (for
example, France, represented by the Director General of the
Treasury, Bertrand Dumont) requested during the Economic Council
that the Hungarian presidency keep Ukraine and related financial
aid as one of Ecofin's priorities.
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