COLUMN. The 27 member states must soon decide the fate of €210 billion in assets belonging to Moscow. Marginalized in peace negotiations, the European Union now has the chance to assert its influence in resolving the conflict, argues Le Monde columnist Stéphane Lauer.

To circumvent a potential veto from Viktor Orban's Hungary, member states invoked an article of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which covers economic stability in times…

COLUMN. The 27 member states must soon decide the fate of €210 billion in assets belonging to Moscow. Marginalized in peace negotiations, the European Union now has the chance to…