Russian assets: Europe faces up to its responsibilities
- Posted on December 18, 2025
- By Le Monde
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Russian assets: Europe faces up to its responsibilities
EDITORIAL. The decision European leaders are set to make at a Brussels summit on Thursday and Friday over the fate of €210 billion in frozen Russian assets will be decisive. Forcing a solution through would provoke a crisis with an uncertain outcome. Yet failing to use these assets would be even more damaging.