The cost of the Ukraine Support Loan is now substantially lower than the level forecast when the EU draft budget was being prepared.

Omissions

• The MEP does not quantify the reduction: the Commission's amending letter puts it at €500 million for 2027, with debt-service needs falling to about €650 million from roughly €1.15 billion in the Draft Budget 2027.
• The figure concerns the 2027 annual debt-service cost of the loan, not the total multi-year cost of the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan (2026–2027).
• The statement that 'sufficient availabilities' were found 'without putting in danger the implementation of the programmes' is the Commission's own budgetary assessment (redeployment/reduced payment needs), not an independently audited fact.
• Sources reporting the amending letter were published around October 2026, i.e. at or very close to the session date, so the MEP could have had access to them but only in the days immediately preceding the debate.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Amending Letter No 1 to the Draft Budget 2027, COM(2026)960"This has resulted in lower costs of funding. The final debt service cost is thus reduced by EUR 500 million compared to the DB 2027." Budget line entry: "Debt service cost of Ukraine Support Loan -500 000 000".
• SecondaryAgence Europe — European Commission's amending letter for 2027 cuts payments by €427 million"Consequently, the European Commission believes the funding costs will be lower. Debt service-related needs for 2027 are now estimated at €650 [million]" — confirming a substantial reduction versus the draft budget forecast.
• SecondaryBrussels Signal — EU turns to Canada and Britain to plug Ukraine's funding gap"The existing loan carries its own bill for EU taxpayers, with the Commission estimating debt-servicing costs at around €1 billion in 2027" — the earlier order of magnitude against which the revised €650 million is 'substantially lower'.