First a dispute, now a deal: The US and Ukraine have agreed on a joint reconstruction fund. Washington is apparently to receive preferential access to raw materials projects. A conflict of interest with the EU is also emerging.
By Viktor Funk
Representatives from 60 countries came to London for an IEA conference on energy security. Host Keir Starmer promoted the energy transition, and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasized the role of new partners.
By Manuel Berkel
The EU defense industry program (EDIP) is to be endowed with over EUR 20 billion. And the European share of the funding criteria for joint projects is to be 70%. Two points in the compromise that the responsible parliamentary committees want to adopt today.
By Stephan Israel
Environmentalists propose using climate and nature conservation to improve defense readiness: Marshes and wetlands in Poland, the Baltic States, and Finland should secure NATO's eastern flank and simultaneously boost the market for voluntary peatland certificates in Europe.
By Bernhard Pötter
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with European counterparts in Paris this week to discuss the war in Ukraine and a nuclear agreement with Iran. Rubio is meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
By Redaktion Table
The Ukrainian intelligence service claims to have identified 155 Chinese citizens in the service of the Russian army. In response, Beijing has criticized the Ukrainian president.
By Marcel Grzanna
Ukraine claims to have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting on the Russian side in eastern Ukraine. President Zelenskiy expects a reaction from Beijing – and Washington.
By Manuel Liu
Reducing emissions not only protects the climate but also strengthens Europe's security. According to a study, less oil consumption in Europe lowers the global market price of fossil fuels – with a direct impact on Russia's war chest.
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The USA had initiated the shuttle diplomacy with a view to a ceasefire and now had a duty, said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas at a meeting in the Weimar+ format in Madrid. Washington must exert pressure on Russia to agree to a ceasefire.
By Stephan Israel
Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer pushed ahead with plans for a European protection force in Ukraine at a summit of the "Coalition of the Willing." There was a clear rejection in Paris of Russian demands to ease sanctions.
By Stephan Israel
