布鲁塞尔，10月16日 - 欧盟可能需要向乌克兰提供新贷款，以帮助填补明年的预算缺口并维持基辅对俄罗斯入侵的抵抗，爱沙尼亚总理克里斯滕·米哈尔周五在接受路透社采访时表示。
BRUSSELS, Oct 16 - The European Union will probably have to provide a new loan to Ukraine to help cover a budget gap for next year and keep up Kyiv's fight against Russia's invasion, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Reuters in an interview on Friday.
“欧洲的财政援助必须到位，”米哈尔在布鲁塞尔欧盟峰会第二天开始前表示。“在消耗战中的财政援助是关键所在。你必须坚持下去……这必须来自欧盟。”欧盟领导人去年12月同意向乌克兰提供900亿欧元（1010亿美元）贷款，以覆盖其2026年和2027年的大部分需求。但基辅表示，它目前面临超过700亿美元的国防和常规预算支出缺口，用于明年。
"European financial assistance has to be there," Michal said before the start of the second day of an EU summit in Brussels. "Financial assistance in the war of attrition is the alpha and omega. You have to keep it up... That has to come from the European Union." EU leaders agreed in December last year to provide a €90 billion ($101 billion) loan to Ukraine to cover much of its financial needs for 2026 and 2027. But Kyiv has said it now faces a gap of more than $70 billion for defence and regular budget spending next year.
一些欧洲政府主张利用被冻结在欧盟的俄罗斯资产来为乌克兰提供资金，但这一想法被比利时阻止，比利时是这些资产的主要持有国，还有几个其他欧盟国家也持反对态度。
Some European governments have pushed to fund Ukraine by using Russian assets frozen in the EU but that idea has been blocked by Belgium, where most of the assets are held, and several other EU nations.
米哈尔表示，这一次欧盟贷款仍是可能的解决方案。“这是欧洲多次使用过的机制，因此对欧洲来说这是一个相当容易理解的机制，”他说。
Michal said another EU loan was the probable solution this time around too. "This is the mechanism that Europe has used many times so for Europe it's a quite understandable mechanism," he said.
米哈尔表示，他希望欧盟领导人能够在今年年底前决定为乌克兰在2027年提供额外资金，以便在许多欧洲国家举行选举的一年前。
Michal said he hoped EU leaders could decide on additional funding for Ukraine for 2027 before the end of this year, ahead of a year of elections in many European countries.
为了筹集这900亿欧元贷款，欧盟正在以其共同预算为担保进行借款。当被问及另一笔贷款将如何筹资时，米哈尔回复：“我们会找到办法，因为欧洲通常会找到办法。你会走到最黑暗的时刻，然后你会找到办法。”（1美元=0.8894欧元）
To fund the €90 billion loan, the EU is borrowing money against its common budget. Asked how another loan would be funded, Michal replied: "We will find a way because Europe usually finds a way. You get to the darkest hour and then you find a way." ($1 = 0.8894 euros) REUTERS