Tisza Party abstains in EP vote on Ukraine support
MEPs of the opposition Tisza Party abstained in a European parliamentary vote on a proposal to set up a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism, and on a new loan to Ukraine, the party told MTI in a statement on Tuesday.
Tisza Party abstains
The party firmly condemns Russian aggression against Ukraine and is convinced that it is the aggressor’s duty to pay for the damage caused and that the Ukrainian people must be given help, the statement said. The delegation abstained because of provisions on the purchase and delivery of weapons, it said. It said that “it wasn’t an easy decision at all,” citing as a reason “a lack of unambiguous indications regarding the use of revenues from frozen Russian assets”.
The party also proposed allocating more funding for the rebuilding of Ukraine, the statement said. Tisza said it had informed in advance the EPP about its decision. At its plenary session in Strasbourg, the EP adopted the decision to set up the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and Macro-Financial Assistance for the country.
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