It is quite simple: a fire is burning. There is the fire of global warming. There is the fire in Ukraine. There is the fire in Gaza. And in a year’s time, there could well the fire of Trump’s return to the White House. At any moment, the fire threatens to spread and what do we do?
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Collective op-ed published by Le Monde on the 1st of April
In an address to the Russian people, four presidents of European parliamentary groups, including Manfred Weber (European People’s Party), Stéphane Séjourné (Renew) and Manon Aubry (La Gauche), explain that the only threat to Vladimir Putin is “his fear that Ukraine could become a successful and prosperous democracy”.
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Let's state the obvious. No economic sanction against any regime has ever brought an economy to its knees. This is as true today for Russia as it was for South Africa, but international sanctions are nonetheless a most formidable weapon, because they cause industries to run out of steam, multiply financial difficulties and force their targets into a permanent search for uncertain and very costly byways.
We, parliamentarians from across Europe committed to a rules-based global order, share serious concerns about President Trump’s plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the imminent prospect of Israeli annexation of West Bank territory. We are deeply worried about the precedent this would set for international relations at large.
On 27 March I hosted the conference "Saving the Democracy in Israel" in the European Parliament, organised jointly with JCall and Centre Communautaire Laïc Juif de Bruxelles (CCLJ David Susskind).
The lecture will be given by Irina Scherbakova, Histotian and Member of the Memorial Board...
