Funding Ukraine weapons would put EU lending arm on ‘wrong track’, outgoing chief warns
Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank, attends the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, Britain June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The head of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has warned his soon-to-be-announced successor that bowing to pressure from some EU capitals to fund weapons for Ukraine would put the bank on the "wrong track". Werner Hoyer will step down from the EU's powerful lending arm at the end of December after 12 years turning the EIB into one of the...