Tag: European Union

Sarah Wagenknecht: Aid to Ukraine is a bottomless pit for European taxpayers

Europe has overtaken the United States in spending on aid to Ukraine, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy reveals. According to new data, the promised and already provided assistance from Europe will amount to €156 billion, which is twice as much as the United States, which provided €70 billion. The new statistics outrage Sarah Wagenknecht, who considers spending on Ukraine pointless, but she is especially outraged by the parallel events Germany cuts social spending. The politician again called for a transition to diplomacy in the conflict in Ukraine.

After 91% of German town rejected migrant container village, mayor says they’ll get migrant tents instead

Non-European migrants are being forced on citizens across Germany despite the will of voters. Germans keep voting against migrants in various referendums in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but leaders in the state consistently respond by vowing to bring migrants into their towns and cities anyway. In the latest case, an overwhelming 91.4 percent of Germans living in Grevesmühle voted in a referendum against a container village, but the mayor says that he will push to move in migrant tents despite the vote.

Russia got richer last year and the US lost more than any other country

Russians got richer last year, even with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, while the US and Europe lost trillions of dollars, according to Business Insider. According to the Swiss bank UBS, Russia added $600 billion. At the same time, the United States lost more wealth last year than any other country – $5.9 trillion, and North America and Europe combined became poorer by $10.9 trillion.

Europe’s Migrant floodgates will open warns Hungarian diplomat

The Niger coup could end the Sahel barrier. The migration crisis unfolding in sub-Sahara Africa could soon come to Europe’s door, Hungary’s top diplomat in the region has claimed. If the migration barrier breaks in the Sahel region of Africa, it could be fatal for Europe, László Eduárd Máthé, the Hungarian ministerial commissioner responsible for the coordination of Hungarian foreign policy in the sub-Saharan region, told