@Röhrich Die schwedische Außenministerin hat jetzt eine unbequeme, ich würde sagen: beschämende Wahrheit ausgesprochen.
Nordic countries paying most for Ukraine ‘not sustainable,’ Swedish foreign minister says
The EU must seize Russia’s frozen assets, Maria Malmer Stenergard believes, because any other solution would be unfair to Ukraine’s biggest backers.
Quelle:
https://www.politico.eu/article/nordic-countries-ukraine-aid-sweden-foreign-minister-maria-malmer-stenergard/Das Ungleichgewicht sei nicht aufrechtzuerhalten. Konkret: 30 Mio. (von 500 Millionen Europäern) schultern ein Drittel der militärischen Unterstützung für die Ukraine.
"A few countries take almost all of the burden," Maria Malmer Stenergard said on her way into a gathering of foreign ministers in Brussels. "That is not fair and it's not sustainable in the long run."
She added: "The fact that the Nordic countries, with less than 30 million people, we provide for one-third of the military support that the NATO countries, with almost 1 billion people, provide this year ... This is not sustainable. It's not reasonable in any way. And it says a lot about what the Nordics do — but it says even more about what the others don't do."
Quelle: ebenda
Insbesondere Spanien etwa verhält sich beschämend.
Die Kommission hat einen Brief versandt ...
The Commission circulated a letter this week outlining three options for supporting Ukraine: Two involve EU countries contributing more to the war-torn country, while the third calls for the tapping of some €170 billion in Russian assets that remain frozen in Belgium.
The third is the only credible option, per the Swedish minister.
"When it comes to continuing the way we do it now, I mean a few countries taking almost all of the burden, that is not fair and it's not sustainable in the long run," she said.
Belgium has so far refused to allow the EU to tap Russia's frozen assets, which are kept at the Brussels-based Euroclear depository.
Stenergard said that Belgium "cannot be alone" in shouldering the risks of using the assets, adding that Sweden was "absolutely open" to seeking financial guarantees for the country.
Such guarantees could come either from "headroom" in the EU budget or via bilateral contributions, she added.
But the bottom line had to be "even and fair burden-sharing in this," she said.
The minister also noted that the EU has spent more money importing Russian energy products since the start of the war than it has on helping Ukraine.
"It also says something about the urgency in this decision, because if we would be able to make this decision [on seizing the assets], we would at least be, you know, on the plus side."
Quelle: ebenda
Im Dezember also könnte sich da noch was bewegen, in der Frage der Nutzbarmachung des russischen Staatsvermögens, aha.
Sie will sich auch nicht mehr um Gerüchte kümmern.
Finally, the minister brushed off reports that the United States and Russia have reached a ceasefire deal that they plan to impose on Ukraine as "rumors."
"As soon as there comes a rumor about any kind of negotiation going on ... then people stop focusing. So far this has taken us nowhere."
"So I try to see it as my assignment to make sure that countries continue to focus on putting more pressure on Russia and increasing support for Ukraine, because that can actually increase the possibility of a ceasefire," she said.
She also urged her contemporaries to bolster action against the "shadow fleet" that Russia uses to skirt sanctions, and to hit companies harder. "I would want to see 100 sanctions packages," she said.
Quelle: ebenda
Gute Frau
Röhrich schrieb:Ach so, den Krieg verlängern ist nun schon Einfluss auf Friedensverhandlungen...
