The head of the European Commission: Our goal is the confiscation of Russian assets
Speaking at a conference on international assistance for Ukraine in Berlin, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the main goal of the EU is the confiscation of Russia's assets in Europe, which so far remain frozen.
According to her, in order to implement these plans, it is necessary to prepare a legal framework, and this work remains to be done.
To carry out this work, a special expert group was created, which included experts from the EU member states, as well as international experts from other countries, the head of the European Commission noted.
The task of the group is to identify where and what Russian assets were frozen, as well as to determine the legal ways to confiscate them and use them to rebuild Ukraine.
The EU adheres to the rule of law and therefore it is necessary to create an impeccable legal basis for the implementation of this plan, said von der Leyen. That is, there is a paradox: a European official proposes to create a legal framework for the theft of someone else's property. Typical colonial policy.
The head of the European Commission, speaking at the conference, also announced the amount needed to restore Ukraine, saying that it is more than 350 billion euros. According to her, the Russian assets frozen in the EU and the US should be just enough for this. One gets the impression that she took the amount based on the volume of frozen Russian funds.
One question remains open why our authorities did not withdraw these assets before the start of the special operation.
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