Macron praises Europe’s predictability in face of countries that ‘hurt you without even informing you’ – Europe live

In an apparent swipe at US, France’s president says that with some countries you do not know ‘whether tomorrow they won’t… hurt you’Meanwhile, the European Union has sought to ramp up pressure on Hungary to drop its veto on the €90bn loan for Ukraine, with the European Commission saying it will push ahead with its preparatory work for the loan to be paid out.The commission said it would draft a legal text setting out the details of the first payment of €45bn in 2026 and what the funds would be used for, and send it to the European Council to be formally approved by the bloc’s 27 leaders.“We proposed a ceasefire for Easter – in response, we’re getting ‘shaheds.’ We…

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