By Eoin Drea* – POLITICO
Brave and economically ravaged Ukraine needs a debt deal to win the coming peace — and grants rather than loans
European leaders haven’t been shy about trumpeting their €18 billion in loans to Ukraine in 2023 as a tool for“maintain[ing] the macro-financial stability of the country.”For European Council President Charles Michel, such aid shows that Brussels is “very committed to supporting Ukraine as much as we can.”
However, as the war rages and pressure on Ukraine’s economy mounts, basic economics — and centuries of history — paint a much less optimistic portrait of the real impact of Europe’s financial support.
Danmark är medlem av Nato, men deltar inte i EU:s försvarssamarbete eftersom det är omfattat av ett av Danmarks undantag i EU-samarbetet. Partierna som står bakom försvarsavtalet är dessutom eniga om att vilja ta bort detta undantag. Danmark deltar idag inte i EU:s militära operationer, varken med pengar eller resurser och har inte rösträtt i Ministerrådet gällande försvarspolitiken på grund av detta undantag. Om undantaget ska bort måste det dock först till en folkomröstning. Detta ska ske den 1 juni 2022.
Emmanuel Macron s'est dit prêt à ouvrir un débat sur une défense européenne qui, outre les armes de longue portée et antimissiles, pourrait comprendre les armes nucléaires. Des propos qui ont suscité la colère de la classe politique française.
Pre-planned logistical routes could help stave off a potential Russian attack
How US troops could be sent to front line in European ground war with Russia
In the event of a Russian invasion of Nato, US troops would be shipped to the port of Rotterdam before being transported eastward.
But arrangements are also being made behind the scenes to expand the routes to other ports to ensure the ground line of communications cannot be severed by Moscow’s forces.
Europeiska unionen kan snart förnya godkännandet för glyfosat, den mest använda herbiciden i världen, för ytterligare tio år. "À l'air libre" tar en titt på hur farligt det är, med Xavier Coumoul, toxikolog vid Paris-Cités universitet.
Highlights, press releases and speeches. Till exempel: An amendment of the EuroHPC Regulation to set up AI Factories, a new pillar for the EU's supercomputers Joint Undertaking activities. This includes:
Acquiring, upgrading and operating AI-dedicated supercomputers to enable fast machine learning and training of large General Purpose AI (GPAI) models;
Facilitating access to the AI dedicated supercomputers, contributing to the widening of the use of AI to a large number of public and private users, including startups and SMEs;
K. zu Guttenberg. Schriften zum internationalen Recht . - Berlin : Duncker u. Humblot;176 Duncker & Humblot, (2009)von Karl-Theodor Frhr zu Guttenberg.