German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, who has been in office for about a year, is expected to resign tomorrow. She is accused by her generals but also by external exponents of inadequacy
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War of energy and wheat (by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the end Putin is probably succeeding in his crazy plan, which is not so crazy: to undermine Western democracies that for years have rested on the conviction of lasting peace guaranteed by NATO and the United Nations. Less convincing, however, is the Union's ability to influence [...]
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(by Paolo Giordani) The director of the “Kiev Post”, Bohdan Nahaylo, called the historic trip to the Ukrainian capital of French President Macron, German Chancellor Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Draghi “an expiation”. What did the leaders of the three major countries of the European Union have to "atone for", including the Romanian president Johannis? In the eyes of Ukrainians, the [...]
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Yesterday Gazprom, the Russian state-owned energy company, returned to notify a further reduction of a third of its flows to the Old Continent through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, just a few hours after announcing a first drastic cut of the 40 %. The new development in the tug-of-war on methane supplies will bring [...]
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