Ukraine aid
3 Feb
After an extraordinary summit on Ukraine, the EU has voted unanimously for a €50 billion support package for Ukraine over the next four years.
18 Dec
Is Washington's patience wearing thin? It all started on Tuesday, when Israel's prime minister issued a video address in Hebrew. Within hours, Joe Biden had reacted, first at a fundraiser where he called on Netanyahu to sack his far-right coalition partners, then at a White House Hanukkah ceremony where the US president called on Israel to stop its "indiscriminate" bombing of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
17 Dec
Last week he sent his Defense Minister. This time Volodymyr Zelenskiy in person made the trip to Washington to try to convince Republicans to lift objections to a desperately-needed financial lifeline. That is not the furthest Ukraine’s president has gone. Zelenskyy travelled all the way to Buenos Aires, nominally to attend the inauguration of new president Javier Milei but more importantly, to lobby the pro-Milei, pro-Trump leader of Hungary.