The aid package to Israel and Ukraine worth nearly 95 billion dollars (more than 89 billion euros) has been pending for some time. The president of the Lower House, Mike Johnson, has assured that he will try to push the measure forward this week.

But it is not clear that he can achieve it: the majority of him can be counted on the fingers of one hand. The radical Republican wing is sharply opposed to any assistance to kyiv and believes the funds are better spent on priorities within the U.S. The White House, for its part, reiterated in public its calls to approve this aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Asian allies, insisted the spokesman for the National Security Council, John Kirby, on Monday. The move for Johnson, a parsimonious man who likes to carefully examine all possibilities from every conceivable angle before making a decision, is complicated. But a false step before the hard wing of his own caucus could cost him his job, as his predecessor Kevin McCarthy already experienced firsthand.