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==Foreign relations==
==Foreign relations==
[[File:1-15-26.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[European Union]] foreign minister [[Kaja Kallas]] recommended drinking to excess as an escape from world woes.<ref>[https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-chief-diplomat-kaja-kallas-state-world-means-time-start-drinking/ EU chief diplomat Kallas: World’s woes mean it’s time to start drinking], By Max Griera, ''[[Politico]]'', January 14, 2026. www.politico.eu</ref>]]
[[File:1-15-26.PNG|right|300px|thumb|European Union foreign minister [[Kaja Kallas]] recommended drinking to excess as an escape from world woes.<ref>[https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-chief-diplomat-kaja-kallas-state-world-means-time-start-drinking/ EU chief diplomat Kallas: World’s woes mean it’s time to start drinking], By Max Griera, ''[[Politico]]'', January 14, 2026. www.politico.eu</ref>]]
For the first time in the history of the European Union, 24 member states jointly granted a [[war]] loan in late 2025 to a country outside the EU. This was not a technical detail but a qualitative shift. The logic of a loan is clear: whoever lends money wants it back. In this case, repayment was not tied to economic growth or stabilization, but to [[military]] victory. For the [[money]] to ever be recovered, [[Russia]] would have to be defeated. A war loan inevitably makes its financiers interested in the continuation and [[escalation]] of conflict, because defeat would mean a [[financial]] loss.
For the first time in the history of the European Union, 24 member states jointly granted a [[war]] loan in late 2025 to a country outside the EU. This was not a technical detail but a qualitative shift. The logic of a loan is clear: whoever lends money wants it back. In this case, repayment was not tied to economic growth or stabilization, but to [[military]] victory. For the [[money]] to ever be recovered, [[Russia]] would have to be defeated. A war loan inevitably makes its financiers interested in the continuation and [[escalation]] of conflict, because defeat would mean a [[financial]] loss.