Volodymyr Zelensky received applause and embraces from EU counterparts on arrival at the European Council on Friday, 16 October, as the Twenty-Seven reaffirmed full support for Ukraine.
Zelensky said Ukraine needs 70 billion euros next year, a figure LesEchos attributed to him at the summit.
Le Monde reported that European leaders must again study how to finance their support for Ukraine, so no settled funding plan emerged from the 15-16 October summit in the reporting available.
Heads of state and government asked the European Commission for stronger trade defence against Chinese imports, seeking to avoid a trade war with Beijing, according to LesEchos.
EU heads of state and government met in Brussels on 15 and 16 October for a European Council summit. Mediapart reported that the 2028-2034 EU budget was on the table, and it framed the debate around whether the Union can produce public goods, beyond the usual split between spenders and frugal states.
Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted with applause and long embraces from his European counterparts when he arrived at the Council on Friday, 16 October, according to Le Monde. The outlet noted that Kyiv and large Ukrainian cities are under daily attacks. LesEchos reported that the Twenty-Seven reaffirmed their full support for the Ukrainian president.
Closing the summit, Emmanuel Macron said Ukraine would not be left alone and that the Europeans' role was to hold the line in the face of what he called ambiguities.
“We will not abandon Ukraine and the Ukrainians.”
Zelensky told the summit that Ukraine needs 70 billion euros next year, according to LesEchos. Le Monde reported that European governments must again study how to finance their support for Kyiv, which signals that no settled funding route has been agreed. LesEchos framed the same point as Europe still looking for a way to pay for Ukraine's resistance against Russia.
The same summit turned to trade. EU leaders asked the European Commission to strengthen the bloc's defences against Chinese imports, aiming to protect European industry without setting off a trade war with Beijing. LesEchos asked whether chemicals would follow the car sector into this debate, and the available reporting does not give the specific measures the Commission was asked to prepare.
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EU heads of state and government met in Brussels on 15 and 16 October and backed Volodymyr Zelensky, while the question of how to finance Ukraine's resistance is still open. Zelensky says Kyiv needs 70 billion euros next year.
AI text based on reports by Mediapart, Le Monde.fr, BFMTV and other publishers. Published .