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European Council Summit In Brussels - December 2025
Federal Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz holds a press conference after the end o European Council Summit, the EU leaders meeting at the EU headquarters. The German chancellor does a statement and answers questions from journalists of international media and press. Leaders discussed among other topics to provide support and a new 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine, the usage of frozen in the EU Russian assets, the multiannual budget, enlargement and the EU Mercosur trade agreement. Brussels, Belgium on December 19, 2025 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)