Spain backs EU efforts to use frozen Russian assets, cuts gas imports from Russia

FILE PHOTO: Spanish Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Carlos Cuerpo speaks to the media ahead of a European Union Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting to discuss EU-U.S. relations, in Brussels, Belgium July 14, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said on Friday his government supported the efforts made by the European Commission to monetize underlying frozen Russian assets held in the EU to help finance the Ukrainian government.

"From Spain, we've been advocating for increasing as much as possible the financing for Ukraine..." Cuerpo said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. "We are advocating to actually look at creative ways to also use those immobilized assets."