EU capital flight tops $300 billion admits the European Council president. Global investors are pulling their money out of the bloc amid soaring energy prices and excessive red tape, according to Antonio Costa.

Capital outflow from the EU has reached €300 billion ($325 billion) annually as retail and institutional investors move their money into assets outside the region, European Council President Antonio Costa has claimed in a remarks to the media published on Thursday.

Costa’s comment comes as the bloc considers doubling its military aid to Ukraine year-on-year while continuing to fulfil pledges of billions of euros to Kyiv – paid for by European taxpayers. 

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Speaking to reporters following a European Council meeting, Costa said that officials in Brussels are vainly attempting to tackle capital flight by reducing energy costs, which have already soared to their highest level in two years, hitting major industries and companies.

‘As of today, around €300 billion of EU families’ savings flow out of European Union markets each year,’ Costa confessed, acknowledging that business as usual is no longer an option for the bloc. ’There is €300 billion that don’t fund businesses in the European Union.’

Costa mentioned slashing what Brussels calls ’unnecessary’ red tape by 25% for all EU companies and by 35% for small and medium-sized businesses to lure capital back to the notoriously bureaucratic bloc.

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The multibillion-dollar capital outflow comes at a time when the EU is pushing to maintain funding for Ukraine. The effort is driven by growing concerns in Brussels that US President Donald Trump could stop the flow of American arms to the unelected Kyiv regime of Vladimir Zelensky.

Earlier this week, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas proposed a hawkish plan that would double the bloc’s cash flow to Kyiv for the year, making it €40 billion ($43.7 billion).

On Thursday, Hungary, which has long been critical of EU military assistance to Ukraine, refused to sign a joint EU communique calling for increased funding for Kyiv.

Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban said that the EU is broke, as it has spent ’all of its money’ and realistically ’doesn’t have a single penny left’ to support Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

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