Sanctions, economic war, information war, cyber war – multi-front wars are changing the EU as well. The Europe Newsletter tells you the essentials every Friday. You can subscribe to the full letter in your email, here’s a tasting of it.
Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began last week, has shocked people across Europe.
Pictures of families fleeing bombs at Kiev’s metro stations, destroyed residential buildings in Kharkov and Chernihiv, and people seeking refuge in Ukraine’s neighborhood have mobilized people in various countries.
100,000 people in Berlin gathered to oppose (switch to another service) The President of Russia Vladimir Putin arbitrary war and show solidarity with Ukraine. From Lisbon to Helsinki and from Dublin to Athens, protests against the war gathered tens of thousands on the streets.
Perhaps one of the most significant consequences of the war in Europe is Germany’s decision to export armed aid to Ukraine. In his speech in the German parliament last Sunday, the Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced an additional budget of € 100 billion for the country ‘s defense spending this year, and a further increase in annual defense spending to 2% of the country’ s GDP.
Commentators according to (you switch to another service) The Scholz government’s actions turned a page in German history: away from the guilt left by the Nazi years to credible military equipment.
Germany has certainly been one of the most anti-war countries in post-war Europe and has lagged behind NATO in its defense spending. President Joe Biden I said NATO is now more unified (switch to another service) than ever before, and NATO membership seems more attractive to countries like Finland than it has been for decades.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also changed the attitude of Finland, Germany and many other countries towards energy imports from Russia. That is why the twisted Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is practically history.
Until two weeks ago, no one would have believed that fighting would take place all the way to the suburbs of Kiev. Now, the Kremlin’s statements about a possible nuclear war are rightly a matter of great concern in the West.
In Europe, there are not only fighters in the air but also the feel of a new world era. And that time does not involve any cooperation with Vladimir Putin or credit to his words.
War was the main topic in Europe this week, and it will be next week, when the European Council of Heads of State and Government, among others, will meet. Kaima and his colleague Anna Karismo has assembled under the turpentine.
PS Remember that the renewed Europppa will henceforth only be available in full by e-mail – where you can read, among other things, the excesses made by EU ministers during the fierce days of the war. A condensed version will be published on ‘s website.
Next week: Plans for peace in a glorious baroque castle and a crackdown on Russian gas
States and the summit of heads of government will have a festive and historic setting for next Thursday and Friday. They have been invited to the informal summit by the French presidency of the EU To the European Council (moving to another service) To the Palace of Versailles.
Among other things, the glorious Versailles of the French kings has a World War I peace treaty. Now there is another plan to bring peace back to Europe.
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