{"id":1292192,"date":"2026-01-21T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1292192"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:43:42","slug":"e90-billion-loan-for-ukraine-european-parliament-approves-enhanced-cooperation-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/e90-billion-loan-for-ukraine-european-parliament-approves-enhanced-cooperation-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20ac90 Billion Loan for Ukraine: European Parliament Approves Enhanced Cooperation Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Parliament has approved the use of the <strong>\u201cenhanced cooperation\u201d procedure<\/strong> to move forward with a <strong>\u20ac90 billion EU support loan for Ukraine<\/strong>, endorsing a decision previously adopted by the European Council in December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>, the decision was approved during a plenary session in <strong>Strasbourg<\/strong>, with <strong>499 Members of the European Parliament voting in favor<\/strong>, <strong>135 against<\/strong>, and <strong>24 abstentions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU loan package was initially agreed upon at a <strong>European Council summit in Brussels on December 18, 2025<\/strong>, and formally presented by the <strong>European Commission on January 14, 2026<\/strong>. However, because <strong>Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia declined to support the initiative<\/strong>, the agreement was structured under the <strong>enhanced cooperation mechanism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This mechanism allows a group of EU member states to advance cooperation in specific areas when unanimous agreement cannot be reached. Under existing EU treaties, the use of enhanced cooperation requires the <strong>consent of the European Parliament<\/strong>, which has now been granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With parliamentary approval secured, the next steps will involve <strong>negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU<\/strong> under the <strong>ordinary legislative procedure<\/strong> to finalize the legal framework of the loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vote follows a series of related decisions by the European Parliament. Earlier this week, lawmakers <strong>approved the accelerated legislative procedure<\/strong> for the broader EU financial support package for Ukraine and agreed to fast-track work on accompanying amendments to the <strong>Ukraine Facility<\/strong>, the EU\u2019s key financial assistance mechanism for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If finalized, the \u20ac90 billion loan is expected to provide <strong>military assistance<\/strong>, <strong>general budgetary support<\/strong>, and <strong>backing for Ukraine\u2019s defense industry<\/strong>, while also contributing to its integration into the European defense-industrial base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament has approved the use of the \u201cenhanced cooperation\u201d procedure &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1292194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1292192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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