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Feb 28, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Pierre Lellouche |Cristian Unteanu |Ulrich Ladurner |Wolodymyr Horbatsch
28 February 2024France's President Macron has made waves again with a statement about the war in Ukraine: talking to the press after the Paris conference in support of Ukraine, he said that while there was no consensus about sending troops to Ukraine, given the dynamic unfolding, nothing could be ruled out. EU leaders promptly rejected the idea. Commentators discuss the possibility of such military engagement and analyse Macron's motives.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Jorge Dezcallar |Pierre Lellouche |Cristian Unteanu |Ulrich Ladurner
It was Robert Fico, not Emmanuel Macron, who started the discussion about sending ground troops to Ukraine, points out Jutarnji list: “A reporter asked [Macron] for a comment on a statement made by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico before the meeting (!) according to which sending EU and Nato troops to Ukraine was under discussion. But instead of everyone focusing on Fico and his obvious attempt to sabotage the meeting and its decisions, it's Macron who is under fire.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Cristian Unteanu |Philippe Gelie |Bens Latkovskis |Antonio Mandir
23 February 2024This Saturday marks the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Initially, Ukraine surprised the world with its stalwart defence and managed to regain some of its territory, also thanks to Western military aid. However, the Ukrainian counter-offensive in 2023 was unsuccessful. What are the prospects now? And how to deal with the fact that according to new studies ever fewer Europeans believe Ukraine can win?
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Lucie Robequain |Cristian Unteanu |Michalis Psilos
Adevărul asks whether the rapid rearmament of Europe, and in particular Germany, is the right response to Trump's threats: “Yes, to the extent that the pressure from European generals warning that Ukraine will be completely dependent on supplies from the EU states grows. ... But can Germany become the largest arms producer in Europe? And do the defence and security of the countries on our continent depend on the production capacity of this country's military-industrial system?
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Lucie Robequain |Cristian Unteanu |Michalis Psilos
Adevărul asks whether the rapid rearmament of Europe, and in particular Germany, is the right response to Trump's threats: “Yes, to the extent that the pressure from European generals warning that Ukraine will be completely dependent on supplies from the EU states grows. ... But can Germany become the largest arms producer in Europe? And do the defence and security of the countries on our continent depend on the production capacity of this country's military-industrial system?
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Rob Vreeken |Ralph Dekkers |Cristian Unteanu
Israel is sending former Supreme Court judge Aharon Barak, an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, to the hearing before the International Court of Justice. A clever move, De Telegraaf comments: “Barak enjoys a high standing in the legal world and can be considered unbiased, precisely because he was put forward by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The latter's government took massive action against Barak last year.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Rob Vreeken |Ralph Dekkers |Cristian Unteanu
11 January 2024Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice in The Hague today to answer the accusations that it is committing genocide against the Palestinians in its war against the Islamist Hamas organisation in the Gaza Strip. It intends to reject the claim by invoking its right to self-defence. The case was brought before the court by South Africa. Commentators are divided on the question of whether this was a good move.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
eurotopics.net | Arvid Ahlund |Cristian Unteanu
The Republicans could also nominate Trump directly, says Telegram: “For Trump, the risk that a chain reaction triggered by the Colorado Supreme Court ruling will cause him to lose the Republican primaries is greater than the risk of him losing the presidential election. ...
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
eurotopics.net | Paolo Salom |Cristian Unteanu |Dmitrij Drise |Jerzy Haszczyński
The group's political clout is not the reason a number of other states want to join, The Times comments: “A largely dysfunctional organisation does not improve or gain weight by simple expansion. At the heart of the Brics is the split between three, albeit flawed, democracies - South Africa, India and Brazil, who want to retain a strong relationship with western donors - and the allied autocracies of China and Russia. All can agree that they want to reduce US hegemony.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
eurotopics.net | Paolo Salom |Cristian Unteanu |Dmitrij Drise |Jerzy Haszczyński
22 August 2023The Brics states have convened in Johannesburg for a summit which ends on Thursday. The group's goal is to push for a "redesigned global order", South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said. In addition to members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, more than 30 other countries from Africa, Latin America and Asia are attending the meeting and a number of them want to join the group. Europe's press sees the optimistic mood clouded by differences.
